I've been quite for the last 6 months on here since my 58 gallon build, but now I decided to start one for my custom 180 gallon tank that I had Rodney Hicks(my exotic fish) and his builder put together me. I had planned on upgrading once we moved again and that time is about to come! The tank will be all glass 72x24x24 with euro bracing, double overflow, and an oak trim. My stand will be custom stained to match my living room furniture that I matched up at Home Depot. I brought Rodney the stain on Sunday and he was happy to have them do it. The sump is going to be an all glass 44x18x16 three chambered sump with the return in the middle, refugium on the left, and the skimmer, chiller/refugium pump on the right. I ordered a Vertex Alpha 200 skimmer from Premium Aquatics and will be splitting a mag 18 to run the 1/2 coral life chiller I bought from Dallas North and my refugium. I will be using a mag24 with flow accelerators to keep high turnover and flow to aid my 4 Vortech mp40s. My lighting will be ran off 3 250w HQI Icecap Pendants running phoenix 14k's and 2 48" ATI Blue Plus bulbs. To mount these I bought some 1/8 inch thick, 3/4" wide steel angle from home depot and custom welded a light rack inspired by a previous aluminum angle rack a drilled and bolted together. The caveat to the bolts is that they will rust over time and can also be more flimsy. This rack will allow me to slide my canopy over it and hide the lights. I will attach pictures once I grab my rack from the office.
