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    180 Gallon RR Tank, Canopy, Stand, Sump $1250obo

    Just sold this past Saturday
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    180 Gallon RR Tank, Canopy, Stand, Sump $1250obo

    Been several years since I have posted on here. But, unfortunately it is time to downsize. My time has gotten spread too thin to properly take care of my aquarium. I have a 180 gallon RR glass tank, canopy, stand and sump. I am the original owner and had it custom built. The overflow is at...
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    Temperature Question

    Well after a 93 hour work week I finally have a chance to update... I added a fan underneath and opened up the hidden end of the stand to allow for heat escape. I also have one of the glass lids lifted up for the Co2 exchange. The temp has been between 75-77 degrees all week.
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    Temperature Question

    I will pull both heaters and one of the end doors from the stand for a few days and see where it gets me. I will post back here on like sunday or monday of any change Thanks for the suggestions! Rob
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    Temperature Question

    The tank has only been up for a week. I have had both heaters set to min temp and am using a new digital thermomter to check the actual temp. The glass lids would prohibit a fan butnow that I think about it, maybe in the sump area. The tank is a room divider so the stand is completely...
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    Temperature Question

    Hello All, So I have my 180 set up and running and I am stuck at 79 deg. Not really that far off but I don't really understand why it is remaining at that temp. My house is at 72 and the only pumps I am running currently is the bubble blaster on my skimmer, a mag pump on the return, and a...
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    overflow plumbing

    Great Stuff!! 1st, my overflow is internal with 4 drilled holes-the 2 larger will be my outs. Because of the configuration I will use the Herbie, I cant use 3 outs and just the 1 return. But, on a few links I saw that the bend in the durso is down and some up. I am not sure how the down bend...
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    overflow plumbing

    Hopefully my last plumbing question......my overflow will have two outgoing pipes and i wanted to try to create it the most quiet as possible. Any suggestions/opinions would be great! If you have pics that would also be great, i just want to try to get this right the first time..... Thanks!
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    sump plumbing question

    The dt tank is 180 gallon and the sump is 45
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    sump plumbing question

    Sooo, this is probably a really dumb question but..... the plumbing going from the tank to the sump, should end above or below the waterline in the sump? I never really thought of it before ut it seems that below would be quieter but for some reason it also strikes me as a potential bad idea...
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    Skimmer Opinions

    My apologies for the confusion... the stand and sump are currently being built by glasscages. I know its a 30" stand so i used my best judgement on max height leaving some error room. I did the same with t he footprint. They build the sump from a 45 gallon and said the skimmer section had an...
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    Skimmer Opinions

    Bumping...
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    Skimmer Opinions

    These were a few of the ones I had in mind--- Reef Octopus NWB 200 Needle Wheel Protein Skimmer* - AquaCave.com Store Protein Skimmers Standard Skimmers Reef Octopus Extreme SX 200 Protein Skimmer by CoralVue - AquaCave.com DIABLO 2500 Reef Octopus Cone Protein Skimmer by CoralVue -...
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    Skimmer Opinions

    Ok, on to the second portion of my needed opinions. The setup will be 180 gallon and a 45 gallon sump. I want to get a quality skimmer to handle it. I have looked into the Octo skimmers and there are a lot of different ones that seem to cover the same gallon range. The space I have for the...
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    LED Lighting---HELP!

    Lots of great info, thanks guys!! I think my next issue is coverage. When I use my MH's I know I use one unit for every 2 feet of width of the tank, ie for the 6' I would use three units. How do I determine this with LED? I really do not want to go DIY on this one, I have very little...
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