A 120 is born...

[Josh]

A bunch of people have been asking "Why are you buying frags if you don't have a tank?" To that, I can now answer.....

(suspend disbelief)

I HAVE A TANK AGAIN.

It has been online for 2 weeks now. Here is a quick review of how it came to be.

The space before the tank arrived:

Jim and Phil helped deliver this monster:

I didn't even put water in it and I already had a pest:

I might keep him:

He helped me check for leaks:

House of Fish arrived to put everything together. Here is the swimmer working on the plumbing:

A massive rock from Marco Rocks. This piece is amazing!

House working his magic:

Our first pass at the rock work:

A plumbing job second to none!

An ingenious way of filling up the tank without a sand storm:

Almost full:

Finally, a full tank shot!

This was taken today. I have been dealing with the normal algae bloom. You can see that I have already seeded the bottom with zoas and a few other items given to me by friends.

I am finally on my way to my dream tank!

I'd like to take a moment to thank House of Fish for their help in designing, installing and stocking the tank! Working with them was an absolute breeze. When they arrived to set everything up they told me to sit back with a nice glass of scotch and watch it come to life. I couldn't sit there and not help, but these guys were really ready to deliver a running tank in one night with no interaction from the owner! Great service.

Thanks to prattreef, jhale, and House of Laughter for donating some tester corals and rock to get everything seeded.

I can't wait for the swap!!!!

-Josh

 

[wxl14]

Nice work. What happen to the cat is that what you are using to start the cycle in your tank. lol looks great

 

[nanoreefer22]

Looks great Josh

 

[noodleman]

nice tech tank :Blurp:

 

[crox99]

Nice job........keep us updated.:splitspin

 

[rickytsui]

is gonna be a nice tank

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

I don't understand this. Is this tank under cycling right now or fully cycled(if so, that's fast-you should share the secret. I cannot share mine because I am a vendor due to conflict of interest LOL)?

 

[midtownman]

everything is looking good josh see you at the swap

 

[tosiek]

!!!!!!!

I like Josh. Tank looks awesome.

That one vortek isn't enough for the tank? or you wanted more cross flow? And when are we getting a list of goodies that are hooked up to the tank? Tek series tanks are nice. Lemme know if you want any frags Josh =0)

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

Nice work. What happen to the cat is that what you are using to start the cycle in your tank. lol looks great

After some drink, the cat will go to do its job and then go to bed. The cat cannot tell the difference between reef sand and cat litter :shhh::tongue1: Probably, Josh does not know the cat does its share either.

 

[jejton]

But is the cat reef-safe? Imagine when it reaches for the surgeon fish...

 

[Lenny718]

Looking real good Josh, I cant wait to see it stocked with corals!

 

[autoponicz]

sweet tank...i that a sls fixture with MH and t5's?

 

[Tonyscoots84]

its about freakin time josh!!!!

 

[rookie07]

im looking foward to seeing the progress.........this is like seeing Wayne Gretzky coming out of retirement for a few more seasons.....

 

[jhale]

the two posts above me say it all,

way to go Josh, Jim, and Russ!

 

[al0ha]

lol the cat scared me at first

 

[masterswimmer]

Josh, it was a pleasure, especially when the smorgasboard arrived. I'm thinking this swap is gonna be one helluva Josh revival meeting. :biggrin:

It's looking great. I like all the tweaking you've done with the aquascaping. That's what officially makes it 'your tank', not just 'a tank'. Congrats......I know it's been a long time coming.

R

 

[House of Laughter]

Josh, it was an absolute pleasure to set this up after the time you spent away working to build this community - now, a nice reef again with all the bells and whistles - congrats

couple of interesting things about this set up -

- there are only 7 or 8 pieces of rock - and it's a 120 - pne of them was 45lbs alone
- the entire system is run off a single external pump - that includes a chiller, phos reactor, carbon reactor and dual 3/4 returns - we definitely over sized the pump and will be swapping it out for something with a little less pressure and fan noise (thanks for being patient with this josh)
- the sump I designed and was built by Custom King - thanks Jeff for doing an awesome job.
- definately the maristar - looks awesome on the tank

Again, it was a pleasure to do this work for you and look forward to continuing to help you dial it in.

House

 

[jadakiss]

enjoy:givebeer: