Dustin's 180 gallon peninsula aquarium (input wanted)

[e46er]

Originally Posted by dustinc

I've been on the fence with that... I think I might want a little bit of flex in the stand as so it sits level

I would add some angle supports and shim it as needed las opposed to accounting for flex in the frame

[dustinc]

I checked out a couple professionally build stands that the company that is building my tank built... and they used much weaker angle iron and square tubing with no shear bracing ether, I used 2" angle iron and 3/16" thick 1 1/2" square tubing, the lower angle iron also works as a mini shear bracing... once I get the weight of the tank on I'll double check everything... But I got it painted today..

First a couple coats of primer



Then some HOK base coat ( had some left over )



And lastly clear



Hopefully it will hold up to saltwater

[dustinc]

well it was a much longer wait than anticipated but the tank finally arrived

[dustinc]

Filled it up and added some FIJI Pink sand (much too fine for my liking, will mix some Seaflor into it later) here is a video of two RW20's in wave 1 mode
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1Q...JHU193bGZSczh3

[dustinc]

And finished my AquaScape as well as adding two fish Coral beauty (quarantined with CP for two weeks) and a Sixline (used the tank transfer method for him as I've read wrasses do not like CP)

[dustinc]

Ill be using Coralife salt for now here is what I got for readings

Coralife Marine Salt
Temp 77F
Salinity 1.022 Calibrated vertex refractometer
Cal 450 Red Sea Pro
Alk 8.1 Dkh Red Sea Pro
Mag 1220 Red Sea Pro

This should translate to
1.026
Cal 526
Alk 9.5 dKH
Mag 1427

[Evilweevil]

Hey Dustin welcome back ! Me and my girlfriend bought some fish and clams off of you when you shut down before , having a saltwater store in Red deer is hard on the pocket book but I'm glad there is a good one here finally!

[Myka]

Looking good so far. That's great that you're using quarantine and prophylactic treatment protocols. Where did you get the CP from (if you can say, pm me if you want, I'm looking for a source)? I love peninsula tanks, other than you can never get a clean looking photo because the room behind is always visible through the tank. I've cheated before and pinned up a black or blue blanket before taking photos.

Since you're looking for input - I'd suggest you break up your rock scape to be 3 piles, and they should all be different sizes than each other. You will get a more pleasing look this way. Either that or make one much bigger pile, and one much smaller.

Originally Posted by dustinc

This should translate to
1.026
Cal 526
Alk 9.5 dKH
Mag 1427

What do you mean by this part?