Bluetangs 360 gallon upgrade
 

So I guess its time to get started on the build thread.

So in August we purchased our first home, the deal came up quick and we took almost immediate poession. The house was perfect for us with exception of tank wasn't ideal.

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Nice!! Congrats on the new digs, can't wait to see the tank you build.


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So the tank went into the basement and with some renovations to the laundr
room we have a laundry room.

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Picked up my skimmer

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Built the stand
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Tank was build by Dave big shout out for doing an awsome job. Big thanks to Denny for bringing up the tank. Was nasty heavy took 10 of us to get it in good thing we had a walkout basement

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Awesome and congrats! I also see you have your first fish nemo in there :lol:

holes in the back pane are for?.....waveboxes?

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what are the dimensions? looks like one sweet tank!

I guess I should add that 72x48x24 x 19mm inch float glass don't want starfire scratches too easy. Has external wave boxes and external overflows

Wow what wicked dimensions! Can't wait to see more!

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How are you to finish stand. Just paint or molding and stain

Its a surprise for now

Haha. I can't wait till its stocked. Are you putting the 30 tangs from the 180 in there or starting over😁

Ill be In awe if its half as nice as your 180.

And 30 tangs was a Jk

holy hanna! You ain't messing around this time!

Sweet deal glad to see you back!

Lights are ordered going to go with 4 ghl Mitras might have to add two down the road. Ordered new tunze powerheads and new wave line dc controllable return pumps

As for stocking gonna bring all my fish over and then start fresh with corals as I got all new macro rock.

My current fish are outgrowing there old home, the orange shoulder is over a foot now

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:surprise: .. so hey.. um.. where can I sign up for your life? :lol:

great thread. but gotta ask, starphire glass scratches to easy according to whom???

Been waiting for this lol dude it's been so hard to keep this quiet lol:pp
as always man looking forward to what you do with this:)

Cheers :)

Tagging along. Your last setup was great. This looks to be stellar.


Mike

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Wow....I am subscribed. So glad to see another Peninsula build being put together. I think you'll be really happy with the lights and pumps you chose.

Congrats on the house and the tank purchase!

I have heard low iron glass is softer and scratches easier I had a frag tank made of low iron glass and just using a razor on it would put marks in it.

U dont want my life work outside and work about 70 hours a week on average usually 12 hrs plus 6 days a week

Tagging along!!!

that fish is gorgeous! any more pics?

According to me for one....already I'm regretting the starphire glass on my tank :neutral:

Sucks hey. I did 88 hours last week in 6 days

I 100% agree, my tank is like 4 months old and its scratched so much just from the glass cleaner.

Interesting. IMO you really need to be mindful of the person telling you about the glass, and maybe see their current tank. what do the stores say out there?

I think reef keepers generally fall into 2 categories when it comes to scratches in their tank, those who scratch their glass, and those who do not.

For example, I helped move a brand new tank for a fellow reefer, a brand new starphire tank (replacing an older non-starphire tank). Tank was perfect when we moved it. 4 months later I go over to check it out, more scratches on the 4 month old tank than I have put on tanks in the my entire life!!! (including 4 starphire tanks). His old tank was quite scratched up also.

I am not suggesting starphire does not scratch more easily based on the properties of the glass. That being said I have exclusively purchased starphire tanks since 2003 and have never found it to be a problem, and have never put a scratch of significance on any other them.

Just me, perhaps I am just a little weird about how I maintain the glass. I did not notice any problems moving from regular float glass to low iron. cheers.

lighting
 

you will be very happy with your lights i have one above my cube and it is awesome i"am in the glens in stony plain
Glen:lol:

Same never had a problem with that. I have a call in to my glass suplier to find out if it is softer or not. I don't see how it could be.

In the risk of high-jacking I just wanted to mention in regards to scratching low-iron glass. Not all low-iron glass is Starphire, this is a brand made by PPG and although said to be the most popular brand of low iron it's also the most expensive and not used all that much for aquariums. My previous tank was actually starphire glass that I purchased straight from PPG, never scratched it once. My new tank is some other low-iron, it's already scratched and I have a theory some low-iron scratches much easier than others hence the large difference in opinions regarding this matter.

Build is looking good btw, good choice on the light fixtures!

you nailed it buddy, cost and quality plays alot .

I totally copied you on that choice I figured from all of your posts your a well educated guy an do your homework about things, it was on my list but once I saw you got them it put it over the top.