Newbie's 180 Reef in Wall Progress (Image Intense)
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Briankook
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How 'bout this one 
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Marc, over the next couple of months, I am going to closely monitor all livestock & water parameters. I have more flow in my tank & I plan on siphoning the detritus out with weekly to biweekly water changes. This has been running for 2 days now, & I already have a lot of detritus on the bottom. Keep in mind that I only have 4 fish in a 180 & I don't feed heavy...I can't imagine the amount of junk that will acumulate when my tank is fully stocked! The more detritus I can remove, the better the water quality.
As far as the aestetic look of the tank, it looks very clean, but not "sterile" because I have a nice amount of rock.
Yes, I followed Bombers threads for a couple of months before "taking the plunge"... Thanks again Bomber!!
.Marc, over the next couple of months, I am going to closely monitor all livestock & water parameters. I have more flow in my tank & I plan on siphoning the detritus out with weekly to biweekly water changes. This has been running for 2 days now, & I already have a lot of detritus on the bottom. Keep in mind that I only have 4 fish in a 180 & I don't feed heavy...I can't imagine the amount of junk that will acumulate when my tank is fully stocked! The more detritus I can remove, the better the water quality.
As far as the aestetic look of the tank, it looks very clean, but not "sterile" because I have a nice amount of rock.
Yes, I followed Bombers threads for a couple of months before "taking the plunge"... Thanks again Bomber!!
Bender
Premium Member
Brian,
Please keep the updates and pictures coming. I am very interested to see it restocked with the starboard in place. I am also on the fence about going barebottom verses sand. Although to be honest I am kind of leaning toward the BB. I will be following your updates closely.
Bender
Please keep the updates and pictures coming. I am very interested to see it restocked with the starboard in place. I am also on the fence about going barebottom verses sand. Although to be honest I am kind of leaning toward the BB. I will be following your updates closely.
Bender
MacnReef
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AWESOME!!! I am so glad you did it. To tell you the truth, I was getting a little ****ed at my BB right before I left for a week long vacation. I was siphoning it every other day and performing water changes with that siphoning. Yet I was starting to really battle cyano. I haven't had cyano problems before but they were starting with the BB. I left to go on vacation, hooked up a 20g RODI storage bin (instead of the 5g) and left. I was really thinking that when I got back everything was going to be a mess. But to my surprise, the cyano was almost completely gone! The fish all look great and so do the corals. A few of my frags fell but that is easy enough to fix.
Again, great job!
Mike
AWESOME!!! I am so glad you did it. To tell you the truth, I was getting a little ****ed at my BB right before I left for a week long vacation. I was siphoning it every other day and performing water changes with that siphoning. Yet I was starting to really battle cyano. I haven't had cyano problems before but they were starting with the BB. I left to go on vacation, hooked up a 20g RODI storage bin (instead of the 5g) and left. I was really thinking that when I got back everything was going to be a mess. But to my surprise, the cyano was almost completely gone! The fish all look great and so do the corals. A few of my frags fell but that is easy enough to fix.
Again, great job!
Mike
Briankook
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Mike, thanks a lot. My tank is looking better now than it did in the first couple of months that it was running. I had to clean my glass every 2-3 days because it would get a brown algae on the glass. Today is the 3rd day that it has the starboard & I have ZERO signs of any algae on the glass. I know that it is too early to determine that my sand was the culprit, but why don't I have any algae yet? I'm using the exact same water that was in the tank before the switch. Lighting is on the same schedule & I'm using the same salt & top-off water. Nothing has changed...I lie, when I removed the sand, I removed a ton of "funk" & certain parts of the sand had a nasty odor 
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At this point, my water is crystal clear & the fish & corals look outstanding. I'm happy I made the switch.
Are you sure that your cyno was from the BB? I don't see how that can create cyno. If anything it should help because now water flow can bounce off the bottom of your tank & create more water movement, not to mention less detritus in your tank by siphoning. IMO, your cyno will go away & not come back, considering you are using good RODI water & maintain your good husbandry skills. Keep me posted.
, yuk.At this point, my water is crystal clear & the fish & corals look outstanding. I'm happy I made the switch.
Are you sure that your cyno was from the BB? I don't see how that can create cyno. If anything it should help because now water flow can bounce off the bottom of your tank & create more water movement, not to mention less detritus in your tank by siphoning. IMO, your cyno will go away & not come back, considering you are using good RODI water & maintain your good husbandry skills
. Keep me posted.Brian,
I am planing a similar project and was thinking of insulating and using drywall inside the tank room as well just to keep out as much sound as possible. The problem I see is that sound from fans pumps skimmers etc can still come through the wall where the tank is protruding. Did you do anything to insulate the opening around the tank ?
Would you recommend it or have any ideas that may work ?
Thanks
Cam
I am planing a similar project and was thinking of insulating and using drywall inside the tank room as well just to keep out as much sound as possible. The problem I see is that sound from fans pumps skimmers etc can still come through the wall where the tank is protruding. Did you do anything to insulate the opening around the tank ?
Would you recommend it or have any ideas that may work ?
Thanks
Cam
The Yellow Longnose
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Amazing tank. Nice rock. A+++.
Joe
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PaPa_Johnny
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Looking good Brian.
Briankook
New member
I have not updated this in a while but the tank is coming along very nicely. I removed a lot of rock & added flow & a nice amount of corals.
Anyway, in the beginning of this thread we discussed using pressure treated lumber & "ericsmacks" said not to use it & he hit the nail on the head! the back part of my stand shrank & twisted from getting wet. Now the entire back length (except for the ends) of my tank is not sitting on anything.
There is a huge gap along the bottom. I need to empty the entire tank & repair the stand.
However, I plan on replacing the tank with one that is approx 6" wider. It will require some changes in my plumbing as well as some mods on the carpentry work, but it is possible.
Does anyone know if a 72"x30"x24" tank is standard, or is that a custom size? Where is the best place to buy a custom tank if it needs to be custom? Possibly starfire? I don't know, I need suggestions.
Thanks
Anyway, in the beginning of this thread we discussed using pressure treated lumber & "ericsmacks" said not to use it & he hit the nail on the head! the back part of my stand shrank & twisted from getting wet. Now the entire back length (except for the ends) of my tank is not sitting on anything.
There is a huge gap along the bottom. I need to empty the entire tank & repair the stand.
However, I plan on replacing the tank with one that is approx 6" wider. It will require some changes in my plumbing as well as some mods on the carpentry work, but it is possible.
Does anyone know if a 72"x30"x24" tank is standard, or is that a custom size? Where is the best place to buy a custom tank if it needs to be custom? Possibly starfire? I don't know, I need suggestions.
Thanks
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