cerk1985 Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 I had to take out all of the rocks, corals, inverts and fish in my 120 to catch an evil yellow coris wrasse that was killing fish. Figured it was a good oppurtunity to rescape my rock work. All the fish, corals, and most of the inverts are hanging out in temporary tanks. And since the tank is basicly being started over with the new scape, I might as well start a tank thread! Tank specs; Marineland 120 with dual corner overflows. Demensions 60" long x 18" wide x 26" tall Sump is 30 gallons Running calcium reactor, Large skimmer, and fuge mag 9.5 return pump split to both returns Flow provided by Jabao RW15 and WP25 Lighting 48" 8 bulb t5 Bulbs currently 6 blue+ 2 coral plus Tank before the break down: And the new layout with only about half the amount of rocks it had in it. Much more open, and I epoxyed most of the rocks together to make everything more stable. The coraline in the upper half of the tank looks to be dying back since it was out of water most of the day monday. Ive got 9 urchins in there to try and clean that up currently. Close ups of the three different sections from left to right: I will try to keep this updated as I add things back in. Gonna try to go slow on reintroducing stuff to the tank. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectra Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 Looks good but what happened to the rock? Why take it out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerk1985 Posted September 5, 2015 Author Share Posted September 5, 2015 There was way more rock then I needed. I wanted the tank more open for better flow around stuff. Also gives the fish more room to swim, and the corals more room to spread out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectra Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 Do you still have the extra rock? Am looking for a small seed chunk for a new tank? Where are you at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerk1985 Posted September 5, 2015 Author Share Posted September 5, 2015 Im in salem, but all the extra rock was claimed already. =/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishmanmike01 Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 Looks good Chris. I like the rock work, looks more my style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbeyer80 Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 Looking good Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badxgillen Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 9 Urchins!!! May I ask what kinds? I just chatted with you fine gents yesterday and picked a couple up for myself, a Halloween and a tuxedo. A killer coris would be a hard one to capture, I have had to do my fair share of fish catching and wrasses are one of the hardest to catch so I feel your pain.It can take up a good portion of your day just getting one fish out of a large established system. Tank looks great, before and after the rock work looks good. I suppose the new setup looks a little cleaner but the old one had a natural look to it, minus the frag racks. Going SPS dominant this go around? I can never just stick with one type. I have a problem though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerk1985 Posted September 5, 2015 Author Share Posted September 5, 2015 Thank you guys! Theres a couple non sps corals going back in there, and its very possible alot of zoas could fill in the gaps lol. For urchins there is a red slate, 4 black short spines, 2 halloween, and two other big collectors i dont knoe the name of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 Looking good Chris. I have been tempted to redo the rock work in my tank too so it looks more open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackice Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 Well even before the redo but it's going to look great with the new Aqua scape and filled with sticks!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerk1985 Posted September 6, 2015 Author Share Posted September 6, 2015 Thanks guys, i see great potential in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerk1985 Posted September 14, 2015 Author Share Posted September 14, 2015 Moved the first batch of fish into the tank on 9-8-15. Also moved all of the SPS back into this tank and put it all on frag racks temporarily until I can get them glued on the rocks. I had 5 frags bleach in the temporary tank, and a few that browned out. I think the tank just wasn't stable enough for them and the stress of moving them. Everything got dipped in bayer before going back in just as a precaution. If you have ever dipped an entire tank worth of corals in one night, you would understand how much of pain that was lol. Now for some pictures! All I have is a cell phone so the pics aren't the greatest. And the fish can't sit still if anyone is near the tank lol. Tank with Frag racks all over: Shark Nose Goby: Royal Flasher Wrasse: Neon Goby: Randalls Goby: Blue Star Leapord Wrasse and Randalls Goby: My last surviving blue reef chromis: Leapord wrasse (So hard to get a pic!) And the first coral to get glued on the rocks!! Green Slimer 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexinverts Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Looks great, Chris! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorge Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Nice set up and rock lay out chris! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefnjunkie Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 I like the lesser rock look, nice job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerk1985 Posted September 27, 2015 Author Share Posted September 27, 2015 Some coral pics I snapped tonight with just the blues on. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerk1985 Posted October 13, 2015 Author Share Posted October 13, 2015 Lots of cell phone pics, just because Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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