120 Gallon Reef set up ready to add salt water and rock

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Here are photos of my 120g reef tank, it is my first saltwater tank not including my quarantine tank.

It is a 120 gallon Oceanic Reef-Ready tank and stand.

It took a lot longer to set everything up than I thought, including waiting for items to arrive and time spent fiddling with the plumbing.

The lighting is 8 x 54 Watt T5 pendant.



The return is a Mag 12.

The skimmer is a EuroReef CS-6-2+. It is by far the noisiest part of my system, despite noise reduction techniques (isolating both the sump base and skimmer/pump with closed cell foam) the skimmer/pump is at least four times as loud as my Mag 12 return, I hope it quiets down.

The overflow plumbing is Herbie's silent sump system. The two main 1" drains are valved back so no air comes down the into the sump. There are two 3/4" emergency drains which ordinarily are dry, they are there to prevent a flood in case the 1" returns get blocked. Withouth the skimmer on the system is virtually silent.



There is a little refuge area in the middle of the sump.

Also of note are the magnetic door locks. My two year old sprayed shaving cream all over my bathroom, I don't want her getting into my aquarium.

Not shown is the Tunze 6060 stream for added circulation.

Anyway that is my tank and I will add pics as things progress, I figure on 100 to 140 pounds of live rock probably Kanaii, maybe Fiji if I can get a competitive price on it. The fish list keeps changing but currently stands at 2 false percula clowns (already in my Q-tank), one hippo tang, one foxface rabbitfish, a royal gramma, a wrasse maybe 6-line, and maybe 1 or 2 other fish. As for corals I will start slow and easy and see what happens.