scaramanga
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Weird, I thought I created a thread for my 75g, but I guess not. In any case, I took the advice of the forum and instead of buying a drop in for the 75g. I picked up an IM SR-80 I found on offerup. Picked it up on 2/7/2026. The 75g has been running since March 14th 2024. Was all Dry rock with Fiji pink live sand. Setup the Innovative Marine SR-80 the Minute I got it home. Previous owner had just drained water that morning. They also hooked me us with multiple bags of media and Rock from in the sump. This was perfect because I definitely needed to expand the bio diversity of the old tank.
Side by side after moving it upstairs.
Started by moving some water over to a couple totes and a 5g bucket. I used the 5g bucket to scrub all my rocks as I pulled them out. There was some GHA so this was a great time to remove it before going into the new tank. Split the rocks between the 2 totes once cleaned. Put a pump and heater in one of the totes for the Livestock. Caught all the fish and picked out all the inverts. Finished draining the old tank and moved it out of the way for the new one.
My brilliant idea to start this whole thing at 4pm was turning out to be a poor decision. Rinsed the sand and transferred the rock and water from one tote. Adding the water to the sand even thought I rinsed it a ton left the tank cloudy. It was now 10pm and no way could I finish the aquascape and add livestock. Thank god I setup the other tote as a holding tank. No picture of the cloudy as I was tired, but here is a picture the next morning. Lots of microbubbles due to having just enough water for the back pumps to run.
9am on 2/8/2026, Super Bowl Sunday, it was time to finish up. Get equipment, Aquascape, and livestock into the tank. Got it done around 1pm first shot of everything added.
Chambers
Far left: Previous owner made custom holders for this chamber. Big Media bag with Ceramic Rings in the bottom. Then Custom holder with Carbon bag and Filter floss on top of it.
Far Right: Big Media bag with Ceramic Rings in the bottom. Then Custom holder with (soon to be GFO) and Filter floss on top of it.
2nd chamber to the left and right: Heater only
Middle Shared Chamber: 2 Mighty Jet return pumps for the 4 returns. 2 Big Bags of Ceramic Media and Rubble Rock
All Bags of media were from the previous owner! Super generous.
Equipment (Moved from Previous Tank)
- 2 x Noopsyche K7 Pro
- 2 X 100w Jager heaters
- Jebao SCP - 120 Gyre
- Tunze 3155 ATO
- Jebao DP 3 Doser
Livestock
- Tomini Tang
- One Spot Foxface
- Blue Tang
- Springer Damsel
- 2 x Clownfish
- Tons of Snails and Hermit crabs. A few emerald crabs
(Before the Tang gang throws shade. Blue tang will be rehomed once its gets a little bigger.)
Future
-Fix Lights(I couldn't find the extender arms for the light when I set it up. Turns out I brought them to work for some crazy reason....Will fix tonight)
-Skimmer(I currently own an Aquaready Cones HOB) Going to watch nutrient levels and add if needed. Will probably end up buying the IM Ghost Skimmer
-UV(Currently own Green Killing Machine). Still debating if I want to hook up the UV. I may end up buying the IM one
-Add second Gyre(I have another SCP - 120) or pick up DMP 40.
Shot this morning 2/9/2026. Nothing lost during transfer. Corals are starting to open back up.
Side by side after moving it upstairs.
Started by moving some water over to a couple totes and a 5g bucket. I used the 5g bucket to scrub all my rocks as I pulled them out. There was some GHA so this was a great time to remove it before going into the new tank. Split the rocks between the 2 totes once cleaned. Put a pump and heater in one of the totes for the Livestock. Caught all the fish and picked out all the inverts. Finished draining the old tank and moved it out of the way for the new one.
My brilliant idea to start this whole thing at 4pm was turning out to be a poor decision. Rinsed the sand and transferred the rock and water from one tote. Adding the water to the sand even thought I rinsed it a ton left the tank cloudy. It was now 10pm and no way could I finish the aquascape and add livestock. Thank god I setup the other tote as a holding tank. No picture of the cloudy as I was tired, but here is a picture the next morning. Lots of microbubbles due to having just enough water for the back pumps to run.
9am on 2/8/2026, Super Bowl Sunday, it was time to finish up. Get equipment, Aquascape, and livestock into the tank. Got it done around 1pm first shot of everything added.
Chambers
Far left: Previous owner made custom holders for this chamber. Big Media bag with Ceramic Rings in the bottom. Then Custom holder with Carbon bag and Filter floss on top of it.
Far Right: Big Media bag with Ceramic Rings in the bottom. Then Custom holder with (soon to be GFO) and Filter floss on top of it.
2nd chamber to the left and right: Heater only
Middle Shared Chamber: 2 Mighty Jet return pumps for the 4 returns. 2 Big Bags of Ceramic Media and Rubble Rock
All Bags of media were from the previous owner! Super generous.
Equipment (Moved from Previous Tank)
- 2 x Noopsyche K7 Pro
- 2 X 100w Jager heaters
- Jebao SCP - 120 Gyre
- Tunze 3155 ATO
- Jebao DP 3 Doser
Livestock
- Tomini Tang
- One Spot Foxface
- Blue Tang
- Springer Damsel
- 2 x Clownfish
- Tons of Snails and Hermit crabs. A few emerald crabs
(Before the Tang gang throws shade. Blue tang will be rehomed once its gets a little bigger.)
Future
-Fix Lights(I couldn't find the extender arms for the light when I set it up. Turns out I brought them to work for some crazy reason....Will fix tonight)
-Skimmer(I currently own an Aquaready Cones HOB) Going to watch nutrient levels and add if needed. Will probably end up buying the IM Ghost Skimmer
-UV(Currently own Green Killing Machine). Still debating if I want to hook up the UV. I may end up buying the IM one
-Add second Gyre(I have another SCP - 120) or pick up DMP 40.
Shot this morning 2/9/2026. Nothing lost during transfer. Corals are starting to open back up.
