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03-15-2009, 06:22 AM
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180 Gallon
Thought I would start a tank journal for my 180 build. This tank came into Aquatic Addictions and as soon as I saw it I snatched it up. I'm sure a lot of you have seen the tank in the store. The rock is Reef Ceramics and is aquascaped to perfection. I am planning to add a few more pounds of live rock to seed the tank and also for a little more natural look.
  The sump is 40 gallons.  We went with a Vertex 280 skimmer.  The system is running off of a reeflo dart pump and is plumbed with 1" 1/2 pvc.  The best part of the whole system is the lighting. We went with the AquaPerfekt Photon Plus 72" 3x250w SE HQI 12x39w T5 Fixture. Overkill? I think not. I don't have any pictures of the lights as of yet. The lights are on order and should be in soon. They are the same lights that are on the SPS tank at Aquatic Addictions. The tank was filled with a garden hose and tap water and flowing using H2O salt. Here is a picture of all the "stuff". Sort of a whatever picture.  So far that is as far as we have gotten. I will post more when the lights come in. Everything came from Aquatic Addictions. "plug" Thanks Nikki and Dan and your wonderful employee.  Last edited by brickwood; 03-15-2009 at 10:45 PM. Reason: Changed some wording 
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03-15-2009, 06:39 AM
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Sweet Aquascaping!.. Look forward to this thread
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180G Office Reef. Started Sept 2012 http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=88894 62G Starfire Reef. Started Jan 2013 http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=89988
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03-15-2009, 02:03 PM
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Lookin goooood. I like the look of the "man-made" rock wall. I know its a little late but, they say you shouldnt use garden hose to move your water around. They leech chemicals....you know that funny taste when you drink from the garden hose? Really curious about your light, you will have to let us know how you like it.
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260g mixed reef, 105g sump, water blaster 7000 return, Bubble King SM 300 skimmer, Aqua Controller Jr, 4 radions, 3 Tunze 6055s,1 tunze 6065, 2 Vortech MP40s, Vortech MP20, Tunze ATO, GHL SA2 doser, 2 TLF reactors (1 carbon, 1 rowa). http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=50034 . Tank Video here http://www.vimeo.com/2304609 and here http://www.vimeo.com/16591694
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03-15-2009, 04:19 PM
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x2 on the garden hose info..heard that many times before too.
The build is looking great. I was looking at the fixture at AA and it sure did a great job of pushing light into that tank. I bet you'll love it...at least until you need to replace 3 MH bulbs and 12 T5 bulbs...lol.
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Mark...  290g Peninsula Display, 425g total volume. Setup Jan 2013.
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03-15-2009, 08:22 PM
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Looks great, I like the rockwork
 Can't wait to see it up and running 
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Christy's Reef Blog My 180 Build Every electronic component is shipped with smoke stored deep inside.... only a real genius can find a way to set it free.
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Can't wait till this one is fully stocked.
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