jeditait Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 The wife gave me the blessing a couple weeks ago to upgrade my 50G corner tank to something a bit bigger, $200 was my limit. Found a great deal on kijiji for a 6' 120G, it was a little dirty, but after a couple hours i was able to scrap away most of the saltwater algae. Once it was all cleaned i picked up some soil substrate from ckmullin and started the process of moving my plants from the old tank to the new tank. Decided to use the Fluval stratum from the old tank on top of the soil, I had so many malaysian trumpet snails in the stratum and figured i should keep them and didnt want to go through the stratum trying to pick out all the snails. Picked up a Aqueon proflex sump at a great price, got it all connected, got my pressurized CO2 and my LEDs set back up. And now its looking pretty good Now all i need to do is stock it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckmullin Posted December 6, 2014 Report Share Posted December 6, 2014 Way to go...a great start! For something that long make sure your co2 is distributed throughout the tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeditait Posted December 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2014 Thanks! I have my co2 diffuser in my sump, 2 corner overflows returning the water back into the tank so I'm hoping it's enough to evenly distribute throughout the tank. In my 50g the plants were growing so fast, had to trim the rotala every 2 weeks, we will see how fast they grow in this new setup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psylant Posted December 6, 2014 Report Share Posted December 6, 2014 Won't you lose a massive amount of CO2 before it ever gets back to the main tank because of your sump? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeditait Posted December 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2014 Sorry my bad, I'm not using a diffuser I'm using an aqua medic co2 reactor in the return pump section of my sump. The return pump is 1200 GPH, and the Sump holds about 30g of water. I'm assuming, maybe incorrectly, that the co2 reactor is diffusing the co2 into the return section water and it is moving back into the tank fairly quickly. I'm hoping all and all that I'm not losing any co2 in the return section, or if any a small inconsequential amount. I'm absolutely open to comments and suggestions on how to improve the setup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeditait Posted December 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2014 New pics of some tetras I added to the tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonC Posted December 6, 2014 Report Share Posted December 6, 2014 Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_D Posted December 10, 2014 Report Share Posted December 10, 2014 looks good this is my next project, starting in January. I have a 75 gal. right now and what to go to the 120 as a room divider, so it can be seen from 3 sides and use a continuous drip for water changes. I have all the plumbing already on the other side of the wall that I am going to place the one end of the tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeditait Posted December 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 Thank you DevonC! Picking up more fish and plants this weekend, will update with more photos once everything is settled Awesome Don_D! Look forward to following the progress once you get it all started Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayba Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 Wow. Looking great! Not to mention the price. Your wife was probably hoping for $200 you wouldn't get much mileage. Maybe a little bit bigger tank than the old one? Well you showed her. Good thing she didn't say $500. Again, looks great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeditait Posted December 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 Ya I won't be able to get away with that stunt again! She's already tallying the cost of fish, plants, sump, etc.... Lol Santa will be extra good to her this year Thank you Its been fun getting setup. Got the itch to get the 230G up and running now!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeditait Posted December 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 OK got some more plants and stocked up with some fish, took a couple days to clear up the tank after planting everything so heres some new pics finally Huge thank you to cjerrom and ckmullin who have been very helpful in stocking up the tank and providing some fantastic advice for moving forward. Plant List: Amazon Swords Rotala Red Ludwigia Bocapa Temple Java Moss Flame moss Java fern Glosso Wisteria Anubias Barteri Fish List Cardinal Tetras Rummynose Tetras German Blue Rams Peppered Corydoras Panda Corydoras Oranger Laser Corydoras Otto Catfish Common pleco Red Cherry Shrimp - i think theres a couple left in there Filtration Aqueon Proflex Model 4 sump Filter socks Sponges 100 micron filter pads seachem matrix Fluval activated Carbon Purigen Reactor (DIY Project i decided to mess around with one day) Pressurized CO2 - using an aqua medic 500 reactor in the return section of the sump Lighting is done with 2 4' Current USA Freshwater Satellite LED plus fixtures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckmullin Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Looking like a damn nice setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaykit Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Nice transformation! That is a tonne of MTS too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeditait Posted December 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Thank you! Yes if anyone needs MTS let me know, I've got enough to share. One issue in having with the tank is the filter socks in the sump get clogged very easily, within a day they are very dirty and within 2-3 they aren't letting enough water through so that section starts to overflow. Any thoughts on how to handle this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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