110 Gallon FOWLR Rebuild

[lsu_fishfan]

I A few months back, Rich posted a thread asking if anyone on the club attended Browns bridge church, and if they'd be interested in helping maintain their system. Being the reef addict I am, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to work on a tank. So my dad and I go check out the tank and the first thing we noticed the cyano bacteria on the rock and sand. When we opened the stand doors, we were greeted by a simp covered in salt creep, and a skimmer that wasn't even on! While we looked over the tank, bubbles began shooting out of the return, and we found out the ato wasn't on either.

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My dad and I were surprised to find the tank in such bad shape and eager to fix it up. A few months of planning go by and we were finally ready to begin the rebuild!

We started by removing all livestock and equipment.

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While pulling out the equipment, we found this in the sump, with the wire barely attached and stil plugged into the outlet.

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To kill the cyano, we placed the rock in a bin and began the chemiclean treatment. We also decided to start with fresh sand for the rebuild.

First day of work done.

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We setup an RODI water making system to make water while we waited for the chemiclean to kill all of the cyano.

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[genesis]

Awesome transformation so far. Great that you all are doing this :thumbs:

 

[lsu_fishfan]

Thank you Brandon, wait until you see what it looks like now.

 

[lsu_fishfan]

While waiting for the rock to finish its treatment, 80 pounds of Carribsea special grade sand is added along with the first batch of saltwater.

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On to my favorite part of a new tank build...
AQUASCAPING!!!

Sorry, no pics of the process. :sad:

But, here is the final product.

Front

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Right Side

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Left Side

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Quick walkthrough video
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[lsu_fishfan]

After the aquascape was completed and all equipment was working, we let the tank run for about 2 weeks.

On Friday 3/11/16, the water tests came back with 0 ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate.

It was time to add some fish, so we headed to Pure Reef to see what was available and ended up with a pair of ocellaris clowns.

Acclimating the new clowns

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The next day they're out exploring the tank

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Everyone looks happy, so we head back over to Pure Reef and begin to scout out more fish for the tank.
We ended up leaving with 5 new fish that were healthy and eating pellets. The new fish include a trio of Heniochus Butterflies, a flame angel and a lemon peel angel.

Heniochus Butterflies acclimating

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Angelfish acclimating

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The butterflies in their new home

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Quick video with everyone in the tank
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[genesis]

Keep it up. Great placement of the gyre

 

[lsu_fishfan]

Genesis;1076401 wrote: Keep it up. Great placement of the gyre

Thank you