Dyspnea's 120g tank build

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Originally Posted by plutoniumJoe

I love the frag rack. It reminds me of Lynn Valley suspension bridge.

Tanks looks awesome.

lol, thanks The frag rack as seen currently is temporary until my lighting upgrade, and it only looks that way cause its weighed down lol.

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Couple new photos

A couple end shots, i realized I didn't have any




top off system

home depot float valve, It works real well, i've used a simliar setup on previous tanks. Only problem is when setting up the sump I thought i would use a bracket of some sort to hold it. Well i changed plans and I just ended up drilling a hole with my dremel with the tank full of water. Idealy i would have put it on the other side in hind sight.



Top off tank, just found it at home depot, holds about 12 gallons, so thats good for about 5-6 days of top off. Drilled a hole and put in a bulkhead.



I then added a pump on a timer, it comes on eight times day for an hour each time.

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I did not like how my power bar setup was working for me. Looking for solutions, I was hoping to find a bench top power bar, however I could not find any. But I did find these at princess auto for $5, I remember seeing these several years ago for over $30.



The other thing I did not like about my setup was my fuge lighting. It was an old coralife fixture I hacked apart. I was to big and ugly.

While wondering through Canadain Tire I found, this perfect light for my fuge, and on clearance for only $19, which made it even better



The lights that came with were only 4100k.



I found some 7000k while in store, Which will be perfect for fuge lighting.

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I'm Seeing spots



Fits perfectly and looks better

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Finally I got my CO2 regulator in the mail.

Heres what I bought, off ebay for $23, shipped



Only one problem, when I bought it, I didn't see this picture.



That little "nub" made it impossible to make a seal against my tank.

So I broke out the dremel, and cut the nub off, just lower than the O-ring. I then used a sharpening stone and ground down the roughness until it was smooth.

I put it on the tank and tightened it up, and It sealed. I turned off the tank and left the regulator pressurized over night. Came back in the morning and the pressure on the guage hadn't changed

Now it's up and running

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About 5 days ago, i treated for red flatworms. I did not have them previously. I think I got them after putting chateo in my fuge. It's really the only thing that I've added recently.

Now the flatworm invasion Is hardly that, you have too search and search before you can even find one. Either way I decided to treat now before they were out of hand and before they were in larger number and releasing more toxins.

As for the treatment I used blue vet flatworm treatment. I followed the treatment as on the box. However I didn't see results until 1.5-2 times the recommened dosage.

During treatment fish, coral, clams everything seemed fine and uneffected. The flatworms did not enjoy the treatment however , They do seem to be gone

24hrs after treating I did a 20 gallon water change, It was about 3 weeks ago since my last water change.

I also changed out my carbon, again it was due to be changed.

The only other update is that, I have begun to use filter socks.

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My coral colors continue to improve and growth is quite obvious.

I'm just in the process of dialing in the Ca reactor.

I'm really excited to begin to add some new fish, I have no idea what though.