My 180 Gallon

[MarkoD]

just completed it today.... transfered everything from my 55 gallon and added more rock

my dad is a cabinet maker so he made the stand and canopy for me

aquascape

 

[MarkoD]

heres the sump and refugium

water comes in on the far right of the sump. have a euro reef skimmer in there and will probably have rock rubble in there.

have a Rio hyperflow 32 return pump (1920GPH) which is split(both sides have ball valves). one side goes back to the tank and the other side feeds into the 30 gallon refugium (on the far left of the stand)..... refugium is drilled and will overflow back into the sump.

 

[dzfish17]

Im digging that stand and canopy... very nice. The aquascape looks good too.

 

[dulkion]

Nice setup. That stand & canopy look real nice.

 

[nitro4kthompson]

I agree with everyone else, the stand setup is great. Your dad apparently has some mad woodworking skills. Lucky you. I like the sweetlips you've got in there. I've always wanted one, but don't have the room. What else are you planning to stock the tank with? How about a nice Australian Tuskfish? Just a suggestion.

 

[MarkoD]

thanks guys

today bought a copperband butterfly and a coral beauty

 

[d3hree]

As above the stand looks fantastic.
Copperbands can be very tricky, normally they are better added to a mature tank IMO and even then they can be difficult to get feeding.

 

[MarkoD]

As above the stand looks fantastic.
Copperbands can be very tricky, normally they are better added to a mature tank IMO and even then they can be difficult to get feeding.

i made sure it was eating frozen food at the store.

fed the tank about 20 min ago and he ate as well

 

[MarkoD]

heres a picture of the copperband

 

[NewSchool04]

Can you show more pictures of your sump and refugium with water flowing and also detail the plumbing? I'm looking to do basically the same thing with my 180, connecting a refugium to my 40B sump that is already plumbed.

Thank you!

 

[MarkoD]