180 SPS/Clam tank walkthrough!

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nbd13

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Hey guys well i am not a newbie, but am one to this board i had a 70 but sold that off about 6 months ago and now am getting a 180 together it will have LR in it by the end of october have to wait to get back from vacation to get LR!

anyway some specs,
180 aga 2 1 inch bulkheads in upper corner on the back glass pannel one on each side
70 gallon sump/fuge
Euro-reef 8-2
mag 18 return pump
2 1" sea swirls plumbed on return
2 tunze 6100s and the muticontroller(waiting for new muticontroller to come out so will get in early novemeber)
4 reef optic III 250w DE pendants with 14k hamilton bulbs (top of the line) 1 on each side and 2 in the middle
phosbahn reactor w/ phosbahn media
2 ebo jager 250w heaters
3 6" oscialating fans on a shelf blwoing into canopy
2 ice cap 4" fans one in each end of the canopy one blowing in one blowing out
1 4" fan blowing in the stand
1 6" fan blwoing over the sump
and PC lighting for the fuge which i have to install

i think thats it well i will post some pics as of tonight!

i will be getting 2 boxes 88 pouinds each of fiji showize LR from reefermadness at the end of october and will be getting skimmer in about 2 or 3 weeks!

the rock will be a 2 island sort of look with a twist!

heres the water dump into the sump



more to come!

Nick
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nbd13

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heres the shelf with fans

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heres some shots of the lights in canopy

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heres the back where the flex tubignm comes into the sea swirls

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more to come!

Nick
 
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nbd13

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and the final full tank shot!

the egg crate is where the LR will go!

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hope you like so far! trying to do this with the best equipment!

Nick
 
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nbd13

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i guess i should say, i got this tank from paint gru

i keep the stand how it was although i added some 2x4's for extra support

and i made than canopy myself! i liek how it turned out and this is the first thing i ever built so i like it!

and the its covered in egg crate b/c i will have like 4 fairy wrasses and dont want 500 bucks worht of fish jumping out!

feel free to coment!

thanks!

Nick
 
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nbd13

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hey no problem i will update as things start to happen but like i said LR wont get order till i get back at the end of cotober from vacation!

but thanks any questiosn feel free!

Nick
 
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nbd13

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yeah i thought of it becasue i wanted a btter deal than those 4 inch fans that cost like 30 bucks when these only cost like 9.99 from target!

best deak ever i got for 3 for up top and on for underneat blowing over the smp still haev to come up with a way to mount that on though!

but thanks for the welcome1

anythoguths or questions just let me know!

thanks!

Nick
 
mps9506

mps9506

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Looks great, my only suggestion is to buy a 45 elbow or two.
And replace one of your outlets on the seaswirls with a 45, it helps get more of teh flow down into the water column.
 
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BPREEFER

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Nice setup and a good start, you will like the seaswirls.

mps, good idea about the 45 on the seaswirl, never though about that before. Thx.

BP
 
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nbd13

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yeah thanks i will haev lots of flow with those 2 tunze streams 6100s too! cant wait for the new muti-controller to come out!

thanks for the welcome!

Nick
 
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