72g upgraded to 180g

[chappy121]

after reading many many threads to get ideas for my new tank, and a bit of convincing from a fellow reefer uads, i thought i would post my upgraded 180g. the specs for the tank are below. almost everything i built custom (stand, hood, sump (thanks Gen!), plumbing, electrical) and all the equipment purchases came from recommendations and pics from other tanks, as you all are the experts. i encourage others to post pics of everything that goes into their amazing tanks beyond the live stock, as that is what keeps others to keep building.

i know when i started i wanted close up pics for building, so if anyone would like to see anything in more detail let me know and i will take more pics. although i am clearly not a photographer.

cheers
- chappy

time running: 72g over 5 years, 180g set up in May
live stock: combination of my old 72g (left side) and my friend uads 72g (right side; his tank had to be taken down for a brief move. i will be losing everying soon, very sad....)
tank: 180g all glass
lights: 2 XM 10k, 1x XM 20k, 2 blue T5s
ballasts: 3x ice cap electronic
fans: 2x 4" ice cap
sump: 50g
skimmer: deltec AP851
return pump: seq dart
flow: OM 8way / seq dart
ca reactor: geo reactor, 5g CO2 tank
top off: auto top off double switch sump mount, maxi jet, 5g bucket

 

[chappy121]

 

[Nathan4Wvu]

Flippin sweet!!!!!!:eek1: :bounce1: :bounce3:

 

[Gooli]

chappy...question about the 8 way OM and the plumbing....i noticed u ended up with nice black nozzles for the outputs from the PVC...how did u do that? which parts did u use?

im asking because i plan to do the same and dont want to use ugly white pvc elbows...thanks