120g help

[all_or_nothin]

I want to go into saltwater and i got a 120 and i want a FOWLR system but im confused on what to get. What i would like a 300gph pump with a sponge filter or something in that nature. also i have a pond filter so i want to put a 800gph pump with saltwater media in the filter. It would be a lightly stocked tank so could someone help me on what else i should get? (im talking about filtration wise)

*also i would have some powerheads*

 

[dgk9723]

Koralia magnums for powerheads
You need live rock about 100-150pounds of rock
a protien skimmer, reef octopus.
I wouldn't use the pond filter unless your down cleaning it out every 2 weeks. I would get a sump tank, over flow box etc and that'll due for filteration just basics

 

[FLESHY]

I want to go into saltwater and i got a 120 and i want a FOWLR system but im confused on what to get. What i would like a 300gph pump with a sponge filter or something in that nature. also i have a pond filter so i want to put a 800gph pump with saltwater media in the filter. It would be a lightly stocked tank so could someone help me on what else i should get? (im talking about filtration wise)

*also i would have some powerheads*

For a FOWLR, I would recommend getting a drilled tank, or at least setting up a sump. For the return pump, you will need something that comes very close to the output of your overflows, but is slightly less than they pull, at the head that you will be returning the water to the tank at. For a 120g, 300gph is very little.

Tank circulation should be 10x hourly of what it is. This means that you are looking at 1200gph coming out of your pump (at whatever head your returns are at), plus supplemental flow in the form of powerheads to remove dead spots.

Stay away from that pond filter, and go the sump route that I have described. I would also get a nice, oversized protein skimmer, and there is nothing better or better priced on the market than AquaC. It is also very beginner friendly, because unlike euro reef and those who have copied them (ReefOcto, ASM) they require no adjustments.

GL