180 gallon tank build

[tmz]

Thanks for clarifying that.

 

[magdelan]

I have the rock from the 30g, my two fish and all my coral in the 180 now. The corals didn't even flinch... they closed up a tiny bit, but then opened back up all the way 5 minutes later.

My aquascape came out really nice IMO. As soon as the water clears up enough to take a few nice pictures, I'll post them.

 

[SkiFletch]

wahooo, time for beer!

 

[magdelan]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12529301#post12529301 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by SkiFletch
wahooo, time for beer!

For real!!! I wish that you and a few others lived a bit closer so you could come over for a beverage to celebrate!!

I took a couple pictures this afternoon but there were too many glares from the windows in the room. I'll have to wait till later to take them. I don't think I could be any happier with my aquascape... yay for me!!

 

[tmz]

Yea for you,congratulations.

 

[gmneil]

cant wait to see the finished product..

 

[magdelan]

At last, I have a couple decent pictures that I find worthy enough to represent my tank in the way that I see it. Thanks again everyone for your advice, criticisms and interest in my thread. This is not the end though... I will continue to post pictures and updates on it's growth.

Mike.

......and now we rest.

 

[dan10342]

Lookin good man! IMO the open look you have going there is amazing. especially that branch rock kind of in the left

 

[Conesus_Kid]

Freakin' awesome!

I love that arch!

How are you liking the Koralias?

 

[johno4]

Very nice. I love the openess and the arch with the branch rock. When the corals grow in that is going to be one sweet tank.

 

[Henry Colf]

Sweet tank Mike.Love the rock stack and the arches.

 

[SkiFletch]

Yeah, very sweet indeed, w2g man. Been a long time comin huh?

 

[Haffs09]

Mike, that's a great aquascape! Nice job!

 

[Capt_Cully]

Dude, that's DOOOOOOOOOOOOOPE! I'm seriously jealous. Love the aquascape! Arch is killer!

Long time comin' Congrats!

 

[RyanEG]

Awesome aquascaping! Thanks for the inspiration!

 

[dreaminmel]

That looks unbelievable Mike! Congrats on a top notch job. :thumbsup:

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

I recognize some of those rocks. This is another example why it's good to pick your own liverock from LFS's. Nice job!

 

[magdelan]

Again, I am so thankful to have had all of you at my side when I had questions or just needed opinions. Gary, please allow me to thank you again aswell. You are absolutely correct in reguards to purchasing LR. I could have ended up with anything, but I didn't! I have exactly what i was looking for.

Also, one thing that I forgot to add in my pictures was the refugium in action.

Question: Is the Cheato suppose to be "tumbling"? If it is, then I might need to considder adding a powerhead. I added about 5 handfulls of my live sand from the 30g. I can already see Amphipods running around. I didn't use all of the sand because it was really pretty gross. I'm embarased to admit that I had never vaccumed the sand in that tank, however it was so tightly packed with rock and coral that I couldn't get a hand in there!! I WILL be vaccuming my new tank...regularly. Here is the fuge; it's is on an opposite time schedule.

Also, I just tested my params again and this is what I got:

Ca- 350
alk- 11.4
po4- zero
no3- zero
ph- 8.5

I am adjusting the calcium to bring that up and lower the alk. Using the reef calculator, I need to add 103oz of randy's part 1 to get the Ca up to 450 in hopes that it will lower the alk to a desirable range.

If I remember correctly, a high PH can also be a dirrect result of high alk too, yes?

I will post my new results tomorrow at the earliest.

 

[tmz]

Nice work! My chaetomorpha does not tumbe and grows well. I run about 400gph return into my 20g chaeto bare bottom refgium.

 

[Kent E]

I like the arch thing as well, Love the color of the lighting as well.