180 gallon tank build

[Capt_Cully]

Sorry Yeager, couldn't resist :lmao:

"It puts the lotion on it's skin or else it gets the hose again"

 

[dreaminmel]

No no no no... It puts the lotion in the basket...

 

[Capt_Cully]

It PLACES the lotion in the basket. It does this whenever it's told.

 

[dreaminmel]

Guess I'm due to watch it again... :lol:

Hey magdelan, what test did you use for the PO4? Just curious as I'm tempted to get one of those fancy ones since any regular test kits I use always show 0 even when I know it's in there...

 

[magdelan]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12853976#post12853976 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dreaminmel
Hey magdelan, what test did you use for the PO4? Just curious as I'm tempted to get one of those fancy ones since any regular test kits I use always show 0 even when I know it's in there...

I used one of those not so fancy Red Sea test kits. Zero on there is yellow, then light green for .5. Mine was barely yellow leading me to believe that it was on the low end of ZERO (if that makes sense).

 

[GMaquarium]

Mike, very nice system. Great job.

 

[magdelan]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12855099#post12855099 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GMaquarium
Mike, very nice system. Great job.

Thank you!! It was nice to meet you today.

 

[magdelan]

100 day aniversary!!

100 day aniversary!!

Hi all. This is just an update of the coral progression in my tank. Today marks day 100 of my new tank and setup.

First I would like to show my green millepora just after adding it to the tank on 6/4/08.

And today...

Next is the Ponape Birdsnest when I first added it to the tank 6/9/08.

And today...

Now a FTS

And a shot down the length...

 

[magdelan]

Green Slimer 6/18/08

And today...

Incredible Hulk

Todd's Torch

Orange Cap

Candy

Cynarina last 7/15/07 (under 150w 14k)

Cynarina (which has taken on a green hue under my 250w 14k's)

Pink Birdsnest

Pink Poccilopora

 

[Kent E]

Everything looks nice and healthy!

 

[SkiFletch]

Yeah Mike, looks like all those questions were well worth it. Tank looks great and is filling in nicely

 

[Conesus_Kid]

Beautiful!

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

nice job!

 

[GMaquarium]

Looking good

 

[tmz]

Nice work. Looks great.

 

[suppressivefire]

i like the rock work.

 

[KurtsReef]

Nice pics, love the huge arc. Perhaps the V. Tang would be a bit better off until it found a bigger home in your tank, the issue would be capturing it when you found it a bigger home.

 

[dan10342]

any updates?

 

[magdelan]

Wow, it's really been a while since my last update. Here are some pics. Be sure to scroll up and compare the growth.

FTS

FTS angled view

left side

A closer view (left side)

Zoos

Cleaner

Blasto Merletti

Pink Birdsnest

 

[magdelan]

Green Poccilopora

Pink tip frog spawn

Todd's Torch

Pink Echinopora

Green Hydnophora

Orange Capricornis

Purple Acro