Ultimate mixed reef setup

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Originally Posted by fireguy98

The all in one setup is great to learn on but I'm at the stage that I want to be able to tweek things. Such as adding a sump reactors led lighting better skimmer ect.

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Sounds like it's time for a new tank :-) If you are patient, you can do as Aquattro suggested and poke around in the buy/sell forum and wait for deals to show up. There are people wanting to sell their entire setups all the time for various reasons. Sometimes people are like you and want to upgrade their 120 setup to something bigger and better :-)

If you're not into buying used, then I would start with calling around and seeing what the price of a 120g would be (based on your specs). Actually, you should maybe start figuring out what you want your 120g tank to look like first. Do you want starfire? Only partial starfire? Internal overflow box, external? Do you want a euro brace? One piece euro-brace? Trimless? All of these things will affect the price of your tank.

It all starts with the tank. Therefore, depending on how much of a hit your budget will take with the tank will determine how much is left for the rest of the stuff.