Finally got my new 180G up and running :)

[SPSFiend]

I wanted to send out a special thanks to my bro's Danny, Richard and Chris for helping me out with the 180 move!! Picked her up from San Diego 4rth of July weekend and brought her home to LA. It was fully stocked as you see it in the picture below.

It been a long journey these past couple weeks... Turned out the over flow had some serious leaks and I had to glue it with silicon. Problem is the tank has to be dry and it takes 24 hours to cure!

After having initially set up the tank after the move and after having given the corals a chance to catch their breath, I drained the tank and took everything out this past weekend. Yesterday I placed everything back in. I had one casualty... a nice clam... what a bummer...

Anyhow, here are some pics of the fruits of our labor although I have a lot of work left...

Tank Shot:

The moving crew:

I still need to nishing making the Canopy and I still need to transfer all the contents of my 120G over to the 180.... WORK WORK WORK!!!

Here's a shot of my living room and not one but two tanks!

Lights are off on my 120G because of the blasted heat. I hooked up a chiller on the 180. I set up a closed loop that runs through the chiller in the basement. I used a X-Gen pump. They are loud but I have a PC-10 pumping through a chiller and up about 12 feet and I have plenty of flow through a 4 foot Locline spray bar!!

Here's a better pic of my 120:

Now I just need to move everything over to the 180... I keep telling myself it will be worth it once I am finished!!!!

 

[SPSFiend]

Correction: X-gen pump is a 40 not a 10.

 

[SBJim]

Both tanks are looking great! Are you sure you can't keep both? Maybe make the 120 an anemone/clown tank, and plumb them together in the basement!

 

[DRC69]

Very nice, I like both of them.

 

[®eefer]

Nice tank!! Congrats!! You have a basement? Wow, that's weird.

 

[SPSFiend]

I wish I could keep both but the cost of electricity is getting ridiculous!! I cannot afford it. I am already worried about what the bill is going to be while I have the two tanks up. I think someone is going to buy the 120 though this weekend.

I still need to finish making the canopy and setting up the new lights in the 180. Currently the lights are all outta whack. The guy I picked up the tank from had a 20K bulb in the left and 10K bulbs in the middle and right. He also had a 250W HQI in the middle and 150s on the right and Left. It does not look very good in my opinion. I will be installing 3 250 HQIs over it. I am currently looking at the Lumenmax 3's. (I need to pick up a 250W ICECAP ballast if anyone has one to sell... I have two of those already)

I am really looking forward to seeing what the tank will look like when I finish the lighting!

 

[SPSFiend]

A few more pics... Enjoy!

Once of the biggest clams and Euphylia I have ever seen!

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/108878CIMG1996.JPG

Another big clam:

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/108878CIMG1992.JPG

Euphylia:

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/108878CIMG1984.JPG

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/108878CIMG1990.JPG

And just for fun...

The sump monster:

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/108878CIMG1233.JPG

 

[SPSFiend]

Let's try this again (sorry)

Big Euphylia and Clam:

Another big clam:

Euphylia outta the water:

Miscl:

The Sump Monster!

 

[DRC69]

Sump Monster - What kind of crab is he/she???
Is this kind of crab bad for the tank(inside)???
THX

 

[SPSFiend]

Well, I think he started out like the green furry guy in the pic below. Over the course of a couple weeks, I found a chromis half eaten and then I saw my bluespotted jawfish swimming around with half his tail missing!! So, I decided to set up a crab trap and see if I could catch anything... I woke up in the morning to having caught this guy!

I set up a glass with some food in the bottom and caught him! I felt bad killinghim so I banished him to my sump

Crab Trap!

 

[thing1]

the 180 is sweet. can't wait to see pics after you transfer everything from the 120.

 

[jeffreylam1132]

Wow, looks great! Nice score, Gerry. I definitely have to drop by your place sometime this week. Man, I love those giga clams. I'm going to my Mom's tomorrow and her house is like 3 min away from yours. Are you free tomorrow? If so, I will definitely drop by and take a look at your killer "180".

 

[SPSFiend]

Thanks Jeffrey!

Cruise by. I should be home by 5pm. Give me a call before you head over to make sure I am home. Ger~

 

[jeffreylam1132]

Hey Gerry, your "180" is truely amazing and very beautiful. Those clams are stunning and the frogspawn, absolutely gorgeous. Thanks for letting me drop by and take a look.

Anyway, once Allen post up a pic of his 55 gallon and if we both like it, we can setup a date to go get it. OK, talk to you later.