250 gallon reef setup/build

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I read this when doing my plumbing, but I did not believe it would make that much difference. I would say the noise level dropped by 50% after the slime built up in the pipes.
 
Ok guys here are some pics sorry bout the date on my 180 lol i told you i just found my wifes old camera lol. The oak tank is a 80 has been running for 3 years and the small tank is a 23 gallon cube. and the big 200 gallon tank is a tank i really just use for quarantine preparing live rock and other experiments. I rarely change water and maintain that tank. Its failry ugly you cant see it in the pics but its really old lots of scratches like i said i just have it to prepare my fish just in case. and the other two tanks i have are fresh water. One has 2 small cichlids in my sons room and the other is a 29 gallon that has two baby red ear sliders in it
 

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rayn said:
Don't know if he is interested in it or not, but I'm doing it to my 55. Seems like a good idea to cut down on noise.
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I like it, it's a simple design and you're able to fine tune it to your tank.



Deric,

I love those wooden floors in your house. Looking good!
 
Turbovr3six said:
What kind of powerheads are in the 180 you have?

Tank looks good!
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to be honest im not sure i got them with one of my older tanks and threw it in their.. I dont even see a name on it just made in china logo lol they work great that 180 tank is my baby im hoping i can have this one like that in a couple years
 
Sisterlimonpot said:
Don't know what kind of overflow setup you have, but have you considered this DIY? I did it on one of my tanks and it quieted it down quite a bit.
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looks goodi may try its really difficult getting under this tank hurts my back really bad im trying everything to quiet my current setup. I have done it this way before with no slurping i truly dont know whats different????? ill take pics and you tell me what you think
 
Tunze is made in China?..... Huh i thought they were expensive... sweet that they were just "threw in there" .... Keep the pics comming!
 
Any chance you would post some more pictures of "your" 180? I would definitely like to know more about it such as equipment, bulbs, photoperiod, husbandry practices, etc. If you would post some pictures of the sump and equipment (even with a camera phone) I know many people would be very glad.

How did you design the canopy? Does it raise and lower on actuators or does it just hang high like in the picture?

Finally, can you tell us about the livestock in that tank? Specifically the types and species of the coral?

I am sure many here would like to have a tank that looks like that, so any of your advice about husbandry would be greatly appreciated. Keep up with this build thread. After reading though you plywood threads and now this one I want to see how things turn out.

Those "made in China" Tunze pumps sure are nice.
 
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Brandon1652 said:
Any chance you would post some more pictures of "your" 180? I would definitely like to know more about it such as equipment, bulbs, photoperiod, husbandry practices, etc. If you would post some pictures of the sump and equipment (even with a camera phone) I know many people would be very glad.

How did you design the canopy? Does it raise and lower on actuators or does it just hang high like in the picture?

Finally, can you tell us about the livestock in that tank? Specifically the types and species of the coral?

I am sure many here would like to have a tank that looks like that, so any of your advice about husbandry would be greatly appreciated. Keep up with this build thread. After reading though you plywood threads and now this one I want to see how things turn out.

Ill take some more pics for oyu guys when i get a chance when i normally update my post im at work on my phone LOL. Yes the canopy is made to sit high like that there are two 250 watt metal halides under it and four t5s i didnt a mix of 2 18000k and 2 10000k on the t5 and two 14,000k halides. sump is a 29 gallion sump that i used from one of my old fish tanks. skimmer is a super skimmer and corals there are too many to emntion i just bought different kinds mixture of hammer coral brain coral and etc. i like softies i have a few hards but not much. Like i said tanks been going for three years and the powerheads were given to me with my old tank. I have had that setup for 3 years but onto my new baby LOL my 250 is getting all my time and energy now. Im actually thinking about selling the 180 my wife is tired of all these fish tanks and the electric bill is getting high

Those "made in China" Tunze pumps sure are nice.
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