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120g reef build

Post by Fern on Sun Sep 25, 2011 11:25 am

so my 120g oceanic tank is going reef Wink

Doing this one the slow (aka cheap) way. Got the salt all mixed up in the tank yesterday and just rinsed out and added 40lbs of aragonite today. Looks like I need to add 10-20 pounds more to get the sand bed I want. Then to hose off all the old rocks I had in the African cichlid tanks. Gonna let it percolate like that for a while then add about 10 pounds of live rock and let it just marinade. Will get some pics up soon, not much to look at yet though Wink

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Re: 120g reef build

Post by Fern on Tue Sep 27, 2011 11:36 am

Ok dont laugh

........ I got my powerheads hung and running, didn't have any of the attachments so I just kinda made it up....

Yes clothes hangers and zip ties... what else did you expect? Laughing

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Re: 120g reef build

Post by Fern on Sun Nov 27, 2011 11:25 am

Ok so the sump that's on there doesn't have the room for a fuge like I want. So I had an idea!

I have shelves on each end to hang the lighting from, I have a drilled 20g long, so what if I run my return pump into the 20g long that would be sitting on one of the shelves and let it gravity feed into the main tank?

OR

set it on a lower shelf and use a power head to run water into it from the main tank and let it gravity into the sump.

and with it being in a tank I can actually see I would make it a display refugium and spring for the fancy pretty macro algae!

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Re: 120g reef build

Post by Fern on Sun Nov 27, 2011 7:41 pm

So I have decided to put the refugium tank a little above the main tank and run it with a maxi jet powerhead and let it gravity feed back into the main tank!

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Re: 120g reef build

Post by kpetriella on Sun Nov 27, 2011 7:53 pm

WOW! neat project

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Re: 120g reef build

Post by Fern on Sun Nov 27, 2011 7:55 pm

Ya it has finally settled in nicely and is pretty crawling with pods aka creepy crawly's Wink

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Re: 120g reef build

Post by kpetriella on Sun Nov 27, 2011 8:01 pm

sweet! can't wait to see it done

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Re: 120g reef build

Post by Fern on Sun Nov 27, 2011 9:13 pm

It is slowly getting there, only started with 3 live rocks and doing it that way takes some serious patience, way longer than cycling a freshwater tank!
I'm hoping to have it fully plumbed within the month and in the next month or 2 get a fish in there. There is quite a few kinks still to work out with the final lighting and plumbing design.

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Re: 120g reef build

Post by FishVixen on Mon Nov 28, 2011 9:25 pm

But that's the fun of it trying to work out all the kinks.

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Re: 120g reef build

Post by Fern on Tue Nov 29, 2011 9:02 am

Doing it the slow way has defiantly given me tons of time to really perfect the design!

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Re: 120g reef build

Post by Fern on Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:03 am

Ok got some basics on the fuge here's some pics

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Re: 120g reef build

Post by Fern on Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:08 am

I had a siphon hose that fit the maxi jet and had a section of spray bar that fit in the other end to end it with, figure if I need to make it stay I can use the holes in the spray bar and zip tie it to a rock or something. Gonna do a rubble and shell pile under where the water sprays in at so it doesn't make a massive mess of the miracle mud. Still have more mud to move from the sump....

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Re: 120g reef build

Post by Fern on Mon Jan 09, 2012 11:35 am

Ok so trying to get this tank running soon so I can tear down my 55g reef and move it into this tank. I've got a 225g-ish tank coming and my hubby wants it by the front door where the 55g is at now.... yay musical tanks tongue

Once everything is moved over to the bigger tank this bad boy is gonna get broken down and sold.

I got all of the miracle mud out of the sump and into the fuge working on finishing the plumbing for the sump, gonna put in a union on the return pump line just to make life easier.
I need to figure out how ghetto I can get away with on the lighting. I'm probably gonna have 2 PC fixtures sitting on the tank and my hang a metal halide or 2 not sure on that yet.
Now if I make an extra tall frag rack out of egg crate I may not need the halides..... scratch

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Re: 120g reef build

Post by joefish72 on Mon Jan 09, 2012 11:53 am

Fern wrote:Ok so trying to get this tank running soon so I can tear down my 55g reef and move it into this tank. I've got a 225g-ish tank coming and my hubby wants it by the front door where the 55g is at now.... yay musical tanks
Once everything is moved over to the bigger tank this bad boy is gonna get broken down and sold.

I got all of the miracle mud out of the sump and into the fuge working on finishing the plumbing for the sump, gonna put in a union on the return pump line just to make life easier.
I need to figure out how ghetto I can get away with on the lighting. I'm probably gonna have 2 PC fixtures sitting on the tank and my hang a metal halide or 2 not sure on that yet.
Now if I make an extra tall frag rack out of egg crate I may not need the halides.....

I'll play stupid, it's not a stretch for me, lol
Have you tested this gravity feed design yet?
Is it truely gravity feed or are you saying the powerhead is drawing the water out?
Also is there a fail safe in case the power goes out so the one tank doesn't drain into the main tank and flood out?
What is a "PC" light? I have seen several people use this term before.

Also if you need a light fixture remember I can build one from scratch, any size any light fixtures in it.

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Re: 120g reef build

Post by Fern on Mon Jan 09, 2012 12:01 pm

Have you tested this gravity feed design yet? not yet
Is it truely gravity feed or are you saying the powerhead is drawing the water out? power head is the feed the bulkhead in the glass is where it will drain from
Also is there a fail safe in case the power goes out so the one tank doesn't drain into the main tank and flood out? the 20g long is drilled very close to the top so the siphon will break, it will probably end up surface skimming though, and there will be enough room in the sump for all overflow water
What is a "PC" light? I have seen several people use this term before.Power compact is PC anf MH is metal halide

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