Hey guys! I am in the process of setting up a 120 reef with a minimum 40 gal refugium. So far I've spent hours reading and researching water chemistry, filtration methods and requirements for the animals I want to keep. Its been 2 months and Im pretty much done the planning stage. All I have left to do is upgrade my electric, brace the floor in my crawlspace a bit just to be safer, and build the stand. I have built a 1/2" pvc frame holding 150 lbs of dry rock. I used 3" pvc as legs for the frame, so it kinda looks like an oil rig lol. The platform will be lifted about 7" from the bottom and i will have a 4-5" sand bed. I want to have a pearly/yellowheaded jawfish colony (4-6 fish), and figure this will allow me to have plenty of open area for them, yet still have a reef. I also would like to keep a bubble w/ maroons or ocellaris clowns. Maroons if they behave, ocellaris if they bug the jawfish. I also plan to keep a pair of randall's w/shrimp and a pair of yellow watchman w/ shrimp. Mushrooms, xenia and frogspawn will be the first inverts i try. I plan on adding live rock to my base rock, adding bacteria and scrapings of coralline, and letting the tank go for atleast 6 months before adding fish.
I am 34, I live in Cherry Hill NJ, I am happily married and have a 3 yr old daughter. Ive wanted to do a sw tank for about 15 years, but never had the time, cash or sometimes both lol. The car in the profile pic is my other baby.
First question for you all is 1" or 1 1/2" drains on my 120 in the center top back of the tank. My lfs guy is saying 1" but Im leaning 1 1/2" being the cost is the same for the drilling.
Look forward to meeting you all,
Eddie
I am 34, I live in Cherry Hill NJ, I am happily married and have a 3 yr old daughter. Ive wanted to do a sw tank for about 15 years, but never had the time, cash or sometimes both lol. The car in the profile pic is my other baby.
First question for you all is 1" or 1 1/2" drains on my 120 in the center top back of the tank. My lfs guy is saying 1" but Im leaning 1 1/2" being the cost is the same for the drilling.
Look forward to meeting you all,
Eddie
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