Nicks 120 tank build/fish room upgrade (diy)

[Madreefer]

You might want to make sure those plastic boxes are food safe. I was using a back plastic garbage can for an ATO resevoir. It held only fresh water with a clear hose that ran to my sump. After 3 years I noticed the inside of the hose turning black. Which makes me believe that it started to break down and leach in to the water.

[nrosdal]

Originally Posted by Madreefer

You might want to make sure those plastic boxes are food safe. I was using a back plastic garbage can for an ATO resevoir. It held only fresh water with a clear hose that ran to my sump. After 3 years I noticed the inside of the hose turning black. Which makes me believe that it started to break down and leach in to the water.

i have had a clear one running alongside my sump for a couple years and have nots had any issues yet... the only one that i am relatively new with is the black one... but as far as i can tell they are just acrylic.... it has been running a few months now and i have not had any issues so far(knock on wood).

[nrosdal]

then arrived my long awaited order of filter socks/sediment pre filters/a couple empty cartriges for my rowaphos





here are the nice new cartriges flushed and ready to go in (sediment pre filers are changed every 10 days on average but can go up to a month before clogging).

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here is a pic of tanks and plumbing in place

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here is a view of the sump from above



here is some electrical and the phos reactor



the fuge



and the whole darn thing up and running

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and then under the tank looked like this

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once everything was up and running i decided to make a change to the in-tank layout. i started out byt taking all rock out and placing in bins/all over the floor.



Then piled it up somewhat how i wanted it to look and busted out the epoxy and tried to get it all to fit back together how i had previously had it (didn't get it the same, but very close).




it ended up coming out like this: