I got a great Xmas gift early!!

[XeroKitsune]

Thanks to the folks at B&B Aquatics I am now the proud owner of a 120gallon light brown oak tank and stand it's beautiful I'm trying to get a hold of some of my friends that have trucks so as i can get it over here and put i t in the bedroom for me and my girlfriend to enjoy ( along with that i bought my girl friend her engagement ring last week she gets it for Xmas) So really it like all working out i just sold my crappy car too. After i get it up and running i will post pics i am so psyched i cant wait:hypnotyized::hypnotyized::hypnotyized:

[ismvel]

Congrats on your winning of the tank.

[captexas]

Looks like you need to change your signature line to support another store! :shades:

Congrats on the new tank, 120's are a nice size tank.

[XeroKitsune]

was just doin that lol and by the way is there any way you can do with out a protein skimmer on a tank this big??

[Ping]

Yes you can, for a while anyway.

[erikharrison]

1st Congratulations on your engagement!

2nd Congratulations on that tank! It's like a GIANT cube. You should start a post/diary of your tank! PICS ROCK!

You would have to have a light bioload, and about double the LR and Sand and if it was a very light load, it would almost self sustain, if you do it right.

Otherwise, maintain a RIGID water change schedule, and adjust percentages of water changes in accordance with your levels.

[Mr Cob]

Congrats.

I have a 120 gal tank that is 48" x 24" x 24" with about 150-200 pounds of live rock covered in coraline algae... and No Real Protein Skimmer or Sump (well, I do have a temporary protein skimmer that pulls a little bit out of the tank but it pretty much is crappy and is almost impossible to get the settings right on it. I assume something is better than nothing and it was only $25 bucks but it is big and ugly: http://www.aquariumguys.com/protein-skimmer-counter-current-large.html (http://www.aquariumguys.com/protein-skimmer-counter-current-large.html).)

I do a 5 gallon water change weekly and add an additional 5 gallons weekly to replace evaporated water, I have found that the water changes have been the most important.

My livestock consists of the following:
-1 small baastard 3 stripe damsel (been trying to catch for about 4 months now)
-1 3"-4" Male Square Anthias
-1 3" Lawnmower blenny
-1 Peppermint Shrimp
-Picking up a Tomato Clown today
-lots of crabs and snails
-lots of Zoas and polyps + some SPS/LPS and a few other softies and shrooms.

Lighting:
-440 Watts of VHO and 260 Watts of PCs.

Water Flow:
- One 304 Fluval filter
-2 Emperor filters that I put live rock rubble in (tons of copepods living in them now). I also removed the 4 bio wheels, and have started to remove the carbon too over the last few weeks and only have one left to remove.
-4 power heads

Everything is healthy and the tank is going on 6 months now and a year with most of the livestock (previous tank was a 55gal).

I'm currently working on upgrading but $ has always been an issue for me in this hobby. Slowly...but surely my reef is being created....

Hope this helps to give you something to compare to. This setup has been very healthy but the growth rate I would say is a bit on the slower side.

[XeroKitsune]

thanks every one i need to find some one to help me move it to my house it's to big to do alone (In a Nissan sentra ) so if anyone can help me out with this it would be great

[Bill S]

Let us know WHEN the date is, I'm sure you'll get some help!

[XeroKitsune]

well prolly not today but i think it will be either the 27th or the 28th, I went to A D and bought my new lights for it they are bad *** they are the odyssea lights it's got eight lunar lights 2pc actintic and 2 daylights its bad *** i love the way it looks we put it on the thirty just to see what it will look like on the 120

[brewercm]

If it's later in the day on the 27th or 28th I can help. I get off of work between 3:30 and 4:00. No truck available any longer but can help move it.

[XeroKitsune]

well im trying to find out how to get it here today i need some one with a truck...

[XeroKitsune]

well it's here now