My 120 build, set up, aquascape, livestock

[yannicksjh]

Well i just joined this site and figured i'd post some of my pics of my build, aquascaping and livestock phases. I'm fairly new to the hobby having started my first SWT in Jan of this year with a 46Gal corner tank. I soon found out how interesting and fun this hobby would be and upgraded to a 120Gal. Tank build for this tank started at the beginning of April and was filled with SW on April 18/08 . Since the original build many components have already been upgraded and added.
Tank specs and equipement:
-120 Gallon ALA with dual overflows (48X24X24)
-Panworld PX-X 100 return pump
-Oceans motion 4way closed loop ran by sequence dart
-2 phosban rectors (carbon and phosban)
-Reef octopus Dual recirculating skimmer 150
-18 watt coralife UV sterilizer
-Two 250watt Hamilton ballast with SE 20K bulbs (replaced with XM 10K bulbs 2 days ago), under Lumenarc III reflectors (18.5" X 18.5")
-eshopps 30 sump
-Two 36", T5 2bulb fixtures (4 bulb total, 2 actinics, 2 fiji purple)
Please bare with me that all the this equipement had to fit in and behind stand and canopy since the aquarium is in my living room and my basement if finished underneath!

Any comments, suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Here are some pics of the build (phase 1). (Many picture will be added throughout the day from day 1 to the most recent pics of today)

Tank, stand, canopy:

Plumbing:


Lights: (T5's have since been added, pics later)



Aquascaping (phase 2): (also has been a little changed as you will see later)

[christyf5]

Wow that looks great, nice job on hiding all of the PVC, I've always wanted to try that with a closed loop

[Midknight]

Sweet looking tank. Think I might join the ride.

[Interior_Reef]

Very Nice. Very CleaN!!

[whatcaneyedo]

Could we have a picture of the sump from the front? I wish I had planned my 120gal that well when I set it up 2 years ago. Very nice!

[Lance]

Very nice. Clean & organized. Nice Job.

[slakker]

That's cool, so how are all the lines hooked up? eg; how many pumps and what gph each?

[yannicksjh]

Here are some pics of the equipement (lights, pumps, skimmer etc)
Return pump and plumbing:

Light fixtures and brackets (Custom):


Right side (notice the water movement):

Left side (notice the regular home window exhaust/intake fan, works great!):

Ballast and timers mounted on inside wall of cabinet:

Oceans 4 way and pump:

Skimmer, posban reactors, UV sterilizer, sump, light, etc:



Please keep in mind i had minimal room to work with and it really doesn't look as messy and cluttered as in the pics
Pics of actual tank and livestock will be up later today or tommorrow (just wanted to tank new pics)
thanks for all the previous comments and compliments

[yannicksjh]

Originally Posted by slakker

That's cool, so how are all the lines hooked up? eg; how many pumps and what gph each?

Closed loop OM 4 way is hooked up to a Reeflow Dart rated at 3600gph which comes into the tank through 4 holes then 'T's off in the tank to 8 flow pipes with a 2" return line. My return pump is a Panworld 100PX-X Flow rated pump rated at around 1270gph. One of my overflows goes in to the sump through two filter socksd that are cleaned every 3 days and the other overflow is plumbed directly into my skimmer. returned to the tank by locline at the top of tank. thanks

[christyf5]

Wow its busy down there! I was just thinking we need to have a "busiest sump/sump cabinet" competition