180G UK reef

You will suffer mass die off if you leave it out of the water I plan on doing the same with my 65g and my new one when it arrives. But Im going to use base rock and maybe some DYI rock for shelves to put my good stuff on. Why waste good growth
 
as above - you can only really do this with dry rock.....i have 100kg of "real" live rock in the sump (and a few lumps i chucked in the display)
 
I am in the middle of doing this. Thank you Tiggsy. The coolest part is that the rocks can feel lose when they are zip tied but, once you put the foam in and it expands... everything tighten right up. It is working out great... except for the fact that I ran out of rock. I started with 130 lbs of Marco Rocks and I had to order another 50 lbs yesterday. So I have to put my reef building on hold.
 
Man what a beautiful build tiggsy! In the planning stages for a 210 now and will definately persue your foam/rock idea. It rocks!!! Any new FTS pics? It's after xmas and new years is here and gone!
 
This is an awesome thread. Definitely a cheap way to create great looking rock.

As soon as I read this thread I went right out and got the materials and started putting mine together for my new tank.

The one thing I forgot to do was to test the floatablity of the rock structures. After I put mine in the tank (which really looked fantastic) I started filling it and right when the water got to about the last inch to the top of the rock, WHOOOMP! :( Everthing tipped over and floated upside down. It was quit an amazing display, but I don't think my new fish would appreciate it.

Needless to say the rock is back out and I'm currently working on trimming down the foam. And this time I will be testing before it goes back in the tank. Just a little word of warning in case you should miss the importance of the testing part.
 
I am building mine right now and I think that I shouldn't have a weight issue because i think I am using much more rock vs. foam.
 
Updated FTS's.

All going ok so far. Bit of cyno that went nuts and is now almost gone...all else ok. More SPS in the frag tank to add and a bit more rock to add to the left side for some nice acans i have.....getting there slowly.

Oh....and waiting for delivery of another vortech...two of those of full blast should exercise the fish :D

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Well IM getting ready to start mine for my new 150g. What tickles me is my step father who never really understood my love for the hobby after showing him pics of your tank is all for helping me do the project. He even went out and bought the fiber glass resin and egg crate lol that says alot. Once again I have to say Man thats beautiful Tiggsy just awasome bro
 
Tiggsy, how difficult is it to keep you back and side panel clean? And what tools are you using to clean them? Looks super! Let me know how 2 of the vortecs work on full. I've heard they are noisey in wave mode. Doyou have the wireless controller?
 
morning tiggs

good to see another UK reefer that i know from other sites

tanks looking great by the way....fantastic job

im going to be doing my tank on here, basically because the usual forum we use, is slowly becomeing less of of a reef forum and the guys over here are so much more helpfull

ill be watching how yours progresses over the next year

all the best

rupert
 
Thanks agin people for the kind comments - the back is easy to clean at the moment as i can get my hand down to use a magfloat (the gap is there to fit the vortechs in) When its clad in wood it will be tricky.....but so will access to the top - i need to have a LONG think about that aspect as it could look grim or make it look a stunning bit of furniture.

two vortechs will both be wireless - although i would rather run them separated and quiet...will see how it goes when i get the second (they are delayed at the moment in the UK while the wirless mod is done)

rupert - i highly recommend it here......unfortuantly the UK sites dont compare at all.
 
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good work tiggsy. love the busy tank. im aiming for sumthing like this ( but with my 75g ) haha. dont like tanks with few big fish. how much uy pay for the vortechs ? ive only seen them for around £270. put me off a bit.

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