Well it's been a little over 2 years since I first started out. I went from a 29 to a 72 and now a 180. I've learned so much from everybody here and on RC and I'm glad to have such a great club here in the DFW area.
At one point I was about to get out and sell off my 72, but I just had the itch to go bigger. I only wish I had taken more pics while setting up the 180, but it was a hectic Sunday. I found a good deal in Houston and my friend and I went down there to pick up the tank, which turned out to feel like the longest day ever.
The tank I picked up came with about 150 lbs of rock and i then transferred everything I had from my 72.
Well here are the results of our adventures...
The day after setting up the tank...it was still a little cloudy from the sand.
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left side shot
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center shot
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right side
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fts
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blonde naso w/ streamers
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most of the fish posing
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another fts
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rbta
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I had a tunze 9010 skimmer and thought it wouldn't be enough to handle my bioload so I got a custom skimmer made based off the new bubble king mini 200. This skimmer uses a sedra 5000 needlewheel. One future mod I do plan on doing is making it into a meshwheel.
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here's a test run
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without the cup on
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skimmate after 1 day
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pump shot. in the middle of the picture is the bubble difuser
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full shot
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All I need now are some more corals...
At one point I was about to get out and sell off my 72, but I just had the itch to go bigger. I only wish I had taken more pics while setting up the 180, but it was a hectic Sunday. I found a good deal in Houston and my friend and I went down there to pick up the tank, which turned out to feel like the longest day ever.
The tank I picked up came with about 150 lbs of rock and i then transferred everything I had from my 72.
Well here are the results of our adventures...
The day after setting up the tank...it was still a little cloudy from the sand.
left side shot
center shot
right side
fts
blonde naso w/ streamers
most of the fish posing
another fts
rbta
I had a tunze 9010 skimmer and thought it wouldn't be enough to handle my bioload so I got a custom skimmer made based off the new bubble king mini 200. This skimmer uses a sedra 5000 needlewheel. One future mod I do plan on doing is making it into a meshwheel.
here's a test run
without the cup on
skimmate after 1 day
pump shot. in the middle of the picture is the bubble difuser
full shot
All I need now are some more corals...
