Finally made my way up to a 180. It's still a work in progress but I hope to document my journey here. I've lurked in the large reef tanks section for almost 2 years now I can finally contribute.
Standard 180 6x2x2 with dual overflows.
Equipment list so far includes:
40g sump
• I may replace this. I don’t really like the flow path on this one.
Gen-X Mak 4 for my return.
• Can anyone recommend a quieter pump that puts out the same gph?
Wavysea wave makers on both returns
• I don’t like the look of lock lines so I decided to try something a little different, I mounted a check valve inline with the return pipe that site in the overflow. From there I went to a barb & flexhose to the Wavysea units.
1 Tunze 6000.
• I’ll move the other one over when I figure out what kind of flow I want in my existing 90.
Korallin 1502 calcium reactor.
• Currently on my 90, but I’ll be moving it over in a few weeks.
Geo Kalk reactor.
• Should arrive sometime next week. I plan on running my RO/DI top-off through this unit.
Octopus3 Recirculating Protein Skimmer
• I decided to give the new guy on the block a try out. So far it seems to be working pretty well. It cleared the water up nicely. Pulling lots of gunk and it’s pretty much only live rock in the tank right now.
To do list
lighting setup
• 3 250w 12k MH bulbs.
• Icecap ballast. ( I have 2 I’ll be moving from the 90 onto this system)
• Lumenarc III reflectors
• I’d like to run this tank without a canopy & have some sort of automated mechanical light height adjuster.
Aquatronica controller.
• I’ll be ordering this in the next few weeks.
I think that’s everything.
Decided to go with sand over barebottom mainly for aesthetic reasons. The tank came with starboard cutouts, But I decided against using them in the end. I'm using Caribsea aragonite reef sand. I like this sand because of the larger pieces. I can turn my tunze at full blast and it doesn’t create a sand storm.
Not so good looking picture of the tank while I was filling it. I'll get some better shots in over the weekend,
Standard 180 6x2x2 with dual overflows.
Equipment list so far includes:
40g sump
• I may replace this. I don’t really like the flow path on this one.
Gen-X Mak 4 for my return.
• Can anyone recommend a quieter pump that puts out the same gph?
Wavysea wave makers on both returns
• I don’t like the look of lock lines so I decided to try something a little different, I mounted a check valve inline with the return pipe that site in the overflow. From there I went to a barb & flexhose to the Wavysea units.
1 Tunze 6000.
• I’ll move the other one over when I figure out what kind of flow I want in my existing 90.
Korallin 1502 calcium reactor.
• Currently on my 90, but I’ll be moving it over in a few weeks.
Geo Kalk reactor.
• Should arrive sometime next week. I plan on running my RO/DI top-off through this unit.
Octopus3 Recirculating Protein Skimmer
• I decided to give the new guy on the block a try out. So far it seems to be working pretty well. It cleared the water up nicely. Pulling lots of gunk and it’s pretty much only live rock in the tank right now.
To do list
lighting setup
• 3 250w 12k MH bulbs.
• Icecap ballast. ( I have 2 I’ll be moving from the 90 onto this system)
• Lumenarc III reflectors
• I’d like to run this tank without a canopy & have some sort of automated mechanical light height adjuster.
Aquatronica controller.
• I’ll be ordering this in the next few weeks.
I think that’s everything.
Decided to go with sand over barebottom mainly for aesthetic reasons. The tank came with starboard cutouts, But I decided against using them in the end. I'm using Caribsea aragonite reef sand. I like this sand because of the larger pieces. I can turn my tunze at full blast and it doesn’t create a sand storm.
Not so good looking picture of the tank while I was filling it. I'll get some better shots in over the weekend,
