Nick's 180 Gallon Peninsula Build

[Emoezekielsr5]

Hello fellow Reefnerds. I just finished transfering the contents of my 120 gallon mixed reef into my new 180.

* I purchased the 180 from a reefer near Laguna Beach, California. The tank is 6 yrs. old from what I'm told and was a display tank at a LFS a few years back. Anyways,

Tank Info: Custom Lee-Mar 180 Peninsula Tank

Dims: 60x30x24
- Features: Eurobraced and Trim-Less, Black Silicone, Rounded Edges.
- Drain/Return: Dual 1" Drains (wish they where bigger) and dual 1" Returns located on one of the side tank (divider style).
- Home Made Stand (Still need to finish)

Current Equipment:

Return Pump
- Eheim 1260 Return Pump Split into two return holes.
Sump
- Custom SDA 619 Sump (30x18x16). 3 Chambers
Lighting
3x250 Ice-Cap E-Ballast running a Hamilton 14k on Lumenbright (large) Reflector.
*Currently running a 48" AquacTinics TX5 Fixture temporarily until my reflectors gets here on monday. The T5 Confi consist of 10K bulb, 1 UVL Super Actinic and 3 Blue+
Circulation
- 2xTunze 6100 on a multi-controller (currently running 2xKoralia 4)

Pics will be up soon!

Stand, before I added more bracings.

 

[Emoezekielsr5]

While I Upload some pics, here aer some pics from my 120.

 

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[Mikeeee]

Sweet!! cant wait to see the 180g... your 120g looks great! and amazing pics..please tell what camera, lens, tripod? you use

 

[Emoezekielsr5]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12653613#post12653613 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Mikeeee
Sweet!! cant wait to see the 180g... your 120g looks great! and amazing pics..please tell what camera, lens, tripod? you use

Thank You. I'm using a Canon Rebel XTi, stock 18-55 lens that came with the kit and a kenko extension kit. Most of the pics where taken pre-hand, I do need to get a better tri-[pod though.

Finally transfered.

Some Actinic Shots. I'm only Running a 5 bulb AquaCtinics TX5 Fixture. I can't wait until my reflectors get here.

 

[Mikeeee]

new tank looks great! those are some pretty good shots with stock lens!! i bet your loving the 30" and extra foot in length!

 

[rodeo klown]

Sweet setup! nice photography.

 

[Emoezekielsr5]

Some Updates:

The tank is about 3months olds now. The SPS are growing in nicely. I was fortunate enough to get some fairly large ORA pieces!

 

[Emoezekielsr5]

 

[SMOOTHIE]

Do you have any other pics of the stand build?

 

[paulthomas]

Beautiful! Tagging along...

PM sent BTW.

Thnaks,
Paul

 

[Jay180reef]

Great Pics of the 120! Could you post a species list? I'd love to see what you've got in there.

 

[Emoezekielsr5]

Way overdue. What's new?

- Added a Custom Dual Stage Calcium Reactor, Eheim 1250 recirc. Reefanatic Regulator.
- Had some trouble with alk spiking a couple of weeks ago, SPS are recovering nicely.
- Added some new fishes; Sohal, Achilles, Blue Hippo and few small chromis.

A few coral pics.

 

[Emoezekielsr5]

My Dendros at night.

Some Fish Photos.

 

[mcrist]

Love you tank. Is your Sohal tang behaving?

 

[Ratpack]

Very nice, this is the type of set up I hope to have in my next house!!

 

[13threefmaniac]

Is the 1260 pushing enough water out of those returns?Whats kinda flow do you have through your sump?

Sweet tank btw.

 

[Lowredranger]

Awesome looking tank i love the peninsular's. I wish i was going that route maybe someday down the road when i can afford the custom build tank.

Keep us updated and i too was wondering on the flow you had in the tank and size of calcium reactor.

 

[Emoezekielsr5]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13672667#post13672667 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Lowredranger
Awesome looking tank i love the peninsular's. I wish i was going that route maybe someday down the road when i can afford the custom build tank.

Keep us updated and i too was wondering on the flow you had in the tank and size of calcium reactor.

Currently I'm running two modified maxijet 1200 and Koralia 3. I'm saving up money for a dual tunze 6101 in the future.

As far as my calcium reactor. It has the same footprint as the MRC CR-2 Dual Chamber Reactor.

Total Height 21"
Chamber OD 4 1/2"
Tube Height 18"

So far, it's doing a fine job. My acros are definately growing steady now.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13671856#post13671856 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Ratpack
Very nice, this is the type of set up I hope to have in my next house!!

Thank you. I can't wait to see your peninsula tank once you get your house.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13671778#post13671778 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mcrist
Love you tank. Is your Sohal tang behaving?

The sohal has been a good citizen since day one. He does bump heads with the achilles once in a while though if i get lazy with the nori ration But he gets a long really well with the other tank mates.