My 125 to 180 build thread

[alten78]

Looking really good!

[FishN00b83]

Originally Posted by alten78

Looking really good!

Thanks! It's getting close to my wifes due date so I'm trying to get as much done as possible before the little one is here. I would like to get a trio of anthias with a flase perc in QT. While that’s going on I’d like to finalize the plans for the canopy/shell for the stand. I’m hoping to get the stand done before the little one arrives, but Nov 12th is coming very quickly lol

[Brando457]

Looks great!

I think on my next tank I will copy your overflow and design.

I have a 180g pennisula, but am jealous!

[FishN00b83]

Originally Posted by Brando457

Looks great!

I think on my next tank I will copy your overflow and design.

I have a 180g pennisula, but am jealous!

Thanks! The overflow from Modular Marine is awesome...I would definitely recommend getting from them. They have a bunch of standard sizes and if that doesnt work for you they'll do what ever dimension you want.

I tried SO HARD to have a peninsula tank but I just couldnt find the room for it. I couldnt get it to work anywhere in my house so I put it up against a wall. The tank is view-able from 3 sides but nothing like a peninsula.

[Brando457]

mine is a pennisula style tank, but i have it in wall and the back painted so only front viewable. I wont be upgrading until I move out and then it'll be a 300g or bigger.

[Modular Marine]

Tank looks great! Thanks for letting us build the overflow for you!

[FishN00b83]

Originally Posted by Brando457

mine is a pennisula style tank, but i have it in wall and the back painted so only front viewable. I wont be upgrading until I move out and then it'll be a 300g or bigger.

ooooh ok. 300 would be really nice but 180 is the largest i was willing to go. I think anything larger and it wouldn't be enjoyable to maintain for me. Plus keeping the water change water somewhere with the ATO water takes up a TREMENDOUS amount of space

Originally Posted by Modular Marine

Tank looks great! Thanks for letting us build the overflow for you!

Thank you! You/you guys do great work.

[FishN00b83]

So I picked up a trio of lyrtails and a tiny clown today at the LFS. They're all in the first QT tank, once they start eating I'll start TTM with prazi. I also picked up a orange/yellow hammer that's sitting in the middle of the tank right now. I did a h2o2 dip, then coral rx, then a fresh saltwater dip. I'll take some pictures of the fish once the water clears up in the QT

I hate iPhone pictures but it's all I have right now

Yellow tang photobomb lol

[FishN00b83]

I had problems with the AI Sol Blues, sooo I bought 3 AI Hydra 52s with an AWM. I spoke with AI and they said if I send them the lights they'll replace all the circuit boards and whatever else they needed so I'll send them out Monday. I'll sell them with the VDM when I get everything back. I also bought a screen kit and cut them all up tonight.w

[FishN00b83]

Woke up to transfer the new guys to the new tanks and noticed I'm getting some coralline on the new rocks already. I'm not sure if you can see it from the iPhone pic but I'm getting a purple dusting on a lot of the surface.


Some pictures of the new additions they're on day 4 of TT with prazi

[FishN00b83]

FTS right after water change

[deweyhowell]

Nice aquascape. Did you end up with 180 lbs of rock as planned?

[FishN00b83]

Originally Posted by deweyhowell

Nice aquascape. Did you end up with 180 lbs of rock as planned?

Thanks! I didn't like it at all at first but it kind of grew on me...now I really like it. I probably have close to 225 because of all the new dry rock. I used a lot of the new stuff as base rocks except for the left side.

[FishN00b83]

Whelp, I have some bad news. I introduced the hammer coral to the DT and now I have the dreaded ICH. I can't believe after doing the right thing since the beginning a coral comes and bites me in the ***. Here is my plan:

I have (2) 50g brute cans I am going to do TT with. While that's going on I'm thinking of buying a 55g tank and putting the extra bag of live sand in it and trying to get it close to acceptable by the time TT is done. I have 2 PHs I can use. I have a hydor nano and a minijet 606. Im hoping this is all acceptable being that it is temporary. Im just worried about keeping everyone in the 55 for the 11 weeks they have to be out of the main tank. Does anyone have any thoughts or ideas?

My list of fish at this point is:

Yellow Tang
Powder Blue Tang
(1) Bartlett Anthias
(2) Fathead Anthias
Royal Gramma
Six Line Wrasse
Clown Fish

I had (3) Lyretail Anthias and an other clown in QT, but I'm pretty sure theyre infected now too because I was using tank water to defrost the mysis. They are going to go in the 50g brute too. Is all this OK?

[FishN00b83]

After thinking about it I'm taking all the coral and inverts out and I'm going to hypo the DT. To me it seems like the least stressful on the fish and me. I can drop the salinity down and just leave the tank for 8 weeks.

The new fish are finishing up TT now and will be watched for an additional week. They have been through 3 doses of prazi and I'll put them through one more on Monday.

I bought a 16x16x6 AIO frag tank that should be here by the end of this coming week. I will keep all my current corals in there for at least 3 months to make sure that all parasites are gone.

I also received an email from live aquaria that 2 of the fish I wanted are available at the same time, so I have some fish coming Tuesday. Things are about to get real cray around here lol

[scumbag_gli]

Damn this is looking good! Following along

PS - where did you get the wire organizer? I have apex, wav, dos as well and have sooo many wires lol

[FishN00b83]

Originally Posted by scumbag_gli

Damn this is looking good! Following along

PS - where did you get the wire organizer? I have apex, wav, dos as well and have sooo many wires lol

Thank you! It's coming along quick, it just sucks I have to deal with ich in the DT now, but everything happens for a reason I guess. It will be over soon enough and the tank will be better than ever.

As for the wire organizer I got the idea/link from this thread
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...php?p=24008305

All the information it there

[FishN00b83]

So I took all the coral out of the tank and i started to drop the salinity last night. I have it currently at 1.018 (I took 50g of water and replaced it with rodi). I was amazed that all the fish were fine, and it kind of looked like it helped them out a bit. I will do the same thing tonight with another 40-50g and see where I am. I hope i dont over shoot 1.008 with this next water change. I dont think I will, but I will see where it goes. I'll post more tonight or tomorrow.

[Usernam Invalid]

Tank looks great love the overflow. Hope all goes well with the hypo. Let me know how the frags do.

[stingeragent]

I'm curious to know, how you know, the ich hitchhiked in on the hammer?

[FishN00b83]

Originally Posted by Usernam Invalid

Tank looks great love the overflow. Hope all goes well with the hypo. Let me know how the frags do.

thanks I will. I'll post some pictures of the frag tank when it's running hopefully Wednesday.

[FishN00b83]

Originally Posted by stingeragent

I'm curious to know, how you know, the ich hitchhiked in on the hammer?

I've always QTed everything for 5-6 weeks, TT everything and put all fish through prazi pro for 2 weeks. I did have a battle with flukes for a while but that is gone.

Ich definitely came on the hammer. I've never had any white spots, flashing, or anything until about a week and a half after I put it in. The coral was also in a tank that was plumbed with the rest of the store. I have only bought corals from straight coral systems before this.

[FishN00b83]

Hypo seems to be going well. I know it's only been a few days but the fish seem to be responding well. I haven't seen a spot in 3 days...let the countdown begin!

[FishN00b83]

Frag tank is up

[FishN00b83]

Found out the royal gramma died today and one of the clown fish has 2 red spots on it...this is not going well but all the other fish seem ok...eating good and very active so I'm hopeful everything makes a turn here