Lance A. Lot's 180 in wall build - Page 7

Lance A. Lot · 11/06/2016, 04:35 PM

Added stuff:
5 blue/green Reef Chrome
6 blue leg hermits
4 trochous snails

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Lance A. Lot · 11/09/2016, 10:31 PM

Fish pic

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Chopper65 · 11/09/2016, 11:14 PM

Have been following along, very nice build.
Those chromis look so tiny in that big tank lol
I also like how you used the black acrylic in the back.

JonezNReef · 11/10/2016, 08:20 AM

Nice to see you were able to get some fish swimming around. Did your local club come by for the tour yet?

Lance A. Lot · 11/10/2016, 11:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JonezNReef

Nice to see you were able to get some fish swimming around. Did your local club come by for the tour yet?

Yep, it was election night so not as many people made it. I think there were around 8 that came to the house and 10 that came to the store (most of the time it is more than double those numbers). Funny that more people showed up a year ago to move the tank from the garage to the basement than showed up to see the tank full.

Lance A. Lot · 11/11/2016, 12:59 PM

Goal for this weekend is to get the skimmer dialed in. Right now I think it sits to low in the water and I need to build a stand for it. It just keeps overflowing the cup with bubbles.
I added 6 more Trochus snails to combat the expanding algae. 6 or so coral frags were added from my old 75 gallon tank. I will look to add a tang to combat the small patches of hair algae. Long way to go still. It is nice to have fish to look at now.

Lance A. Lot · 11/12/2016, 08:53 PM

Added a few corals from my old tank.

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Lance A. Lot · 11/12/2016, 08:54 PM

More coral from my old tank.

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Lance A. Lot · 11/14/2016, 07:44 AM

More coral from old tank.

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JonezNReef · 11/14/2016, 08:30 AM

Your tank is coming to life! Corals look good. What kind of tang are you looking into getting? Bristle tooth would be nice to combat the algae but then again my just about any will help keep a clean house

Lance A. Lot · 11/14/2016, 09:09 AM

I didn't post a picture of the Yellow Eye Kole tang I got on Saturday because he wouldn't stay still long enough to get a picture of him. I think he is eating some hair algae because it seems to be disappearing in some spots that I have never seen the snails get to. I haven't seen him eat anything because he hides when I come by the tank right now. He hasn't touched the purple Nori I put in there for him so he must be eating something else? hopefully?

Chopper65 · 11/19/2016, 04:08 AM

I love Kole tangs, would like to see pics of yours if you can get him to be still lol
The corals look good

MrDaniel · 11/21/2016, 02:40 PM

Following along. Great set-up. Good thing OSHA wasn't around when you brought that tank down the stairs haha

Lance A. Lot · 11/21/2016, 05:58 PM

Algae explosion as u can see in the last picture.

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Lance A. Lot · 11/21/2016, 06:00 PM

Got some more clean up crew to combat the situation

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Lance A. Lot · 11/25/2016, 04:51 PM

Results from Black Friday shopping:

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Lance A. Lot · 12/13/2016, 09:55 PM

Update:

I added a float switch or 3. So far it's working well. 10 gallon reservoir but until I am comfortable with the program I wrote in fusion I'm only half filling it.

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Lance A. Lot · 12/13/2016, 10:01 PM

Update:

2 things... that's a newer 360E to replace the one that was flickering on me. Trying to fix the flickering one to use over a frag tank someday.
Also put the Auto feeder on the same rack as the lights so it's kinda out in middle. This is nice because all the food falls in and none of it lands on the rim.

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Lance A. Lot · 12/25/2016, 04:47 PM

It has been a while again... I keep doing a lot of small things to the fish room and never updating this thread. I have been reading the Apex user manual a lot lately. I never knew how much I didn't know about the capabilities of this controller.

Lance A. Lot · 12/25/2016, 04:55 PM

Added an important part of any fish room:

Got to have a good beer (and frozen fish food) storage device.

Put a little filter sock hanging arm over the sink to dry dirty or clean socks.

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Lance A. Lot · 12/25/2016, 05:01 PM

Used some Styrofoam boards to try and keep noise from the return pump downstairs. Maybe they will help with insulation maybe not. At the very least they may keep dust from the bottom of the staircase from falling in the horse trough. The Styrofoam was leftover from my wife's new dinning room table. So far I can't hear a difference but the pump isn't loud to begin with.

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Lance A. Lot · 12/25/2016, 05:05 PM

Replaced the exposed rusty magnets on this algae scrubber with sealed new ones then encased them in silicone. Turned it on and now I am waiting to see what it does. 2 days up on a 12 on 12 off cycle and I haven't seen any growth yet.

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Lance A. Lot · 12/25/2016, 05:08 PM

Got the ATO walmart reservoir up and running. If it doesn't work out at least I have a good trash can for the fish room.

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Lance A. Lot · 12/25/2016, 05:10 PM

Did some cord management to make things look a little nicer... put those Styrofoam blocks up so you can't see the birds nest of wire under the steps.

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Lance A. Lot · 12/25/2016, 05:11 PM

Put together a qt system... now just need the will power to actually use it the way I should.

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11/06/2016, 04:35 PM	#151
Lance A. Lot SLASH Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: St. Peters Posts: 1,573	Added stuff: 5 blue/green Reef Chrome 6 blue leg hermits 4 trochous snails Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk __________________ 180 DT w/ sps & lps 75 tank w/ softies and nems Learn from the mistakes of others... it's cheaper Current Tank Info: 180 Gallon Glass Cages w/ some personal modifications

11/09/2016, 10:31 PM	#152
Lance A. Lot SLASH Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: St. Peters Posts: 1,573	Fish pic Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk __________________ 180 DT w/ sps & lps 75 tank w/ softies and nems Learn from the mistakes of others... it's cheaper Current Tank Info: 180 Gallon Glass Cages w/ some personal modifications

11/11/2016, 12:59 PM	#156
Lance A. Lot SLASH Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: St. Peters Posts: 1,573	Goal for this weekend is to get the skimmer dialed in. Right now I think it sits to low in the water and I need to build a stand for it. It just keeps overflowing the cup with bubbles. I added 6 more Trochus snails to combat the expanding algae. 6 or so coral frags were added from my old 75 gallon tank. I will look to add a tang to combat the small patches of hair algae. Long way to go still. It is nice to have fish to look at now. __________________ 180 DT w/ sps & lps 75 tank w/ softies and nems Learn from the mistakes of others... it's cheaper Current Tank Info: 180 Gallon Glass Cages w/ some personal modifications

11/12/2016, 08:53 PM	#157
Lance A. Lot SLASH Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: St. Peters Posts: 1,573	Added a few corals from my old tank. Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk __________________ 180 DT w/ sps & lps 75 tank w/ softies and nems Learn from the mistakes of others... it's cheaper Current Tank Info: 180 Gallon Glass Cages w/ some personal modifications

11/12/2016, 08:54 PM	#158
Lance A. Lot SLASH Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: St. Peters Posts: 1,573	More coral from my old tank. Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk __________________ 180 DT w/ sps & lps 75 tank w/ softies and nems Learn from the mistakes of others... it's cheaper Current Tank Info: 180 Gallon Glass Cages w/ some personal modifications

11/09/2016, 11:14 PM	#153
Chopper65 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Texas Posts: 60	Have been following along, very nice build. Those chromis look so tiny in that big tank lol I also like how you used the black acrylic in the back.

11/10/2016, 08:20 AM	#154
JonezNReef Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Florida Posts: 782	Nice to see you were able to get some fish swimming around. Did your local club come by for the tour yet?

11/14/2016, 07:44 AM	#159
Lance A. Lot SLASH Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: St. Peters Posts: 1,573	More coral from old tank. Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk __________________ 180 DT w/ sps & lps 75 tank w/ softies and nems Learn from the mistakes of others... it's cheaper Current Tank Info: 180 Gallon Glass Cages w/ some personal modifications

11/14/2016, 08:30 AM	#160
JonezNReef Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Florida Posts: 782	Your tank is coming to life! Corals look good. What kind of tang are you looking into getting? Bristle tooth would be nice to combat the algae but then again my just about any will help keep a clean house

11/14/2016, 09:09 AM	#161
Lance A. Lot SLASH Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: St. Peters Posts: 1,573	I didn't post a picture of the Yellow Eye Kole tang I got on Saturday because he wouldn't stay still long enough to get a picture of him. I think he is eating some hair algae because it seems to be disappearing in some spots that I have never seen the snails get to. I haven't seen him eat anything because he hides when I come by the tank right now. He hasn't touched the purple Nori I put in there for him so he must be eating something else? hopefully? __________________ 180 DT w/ sps & lps 75 tank w/ softies and nems Learn from the mistakes of others... it's cheaper Current Tank Info: 180 Gallon Glass Cages w/ some personal modifications

11/19/2016, 04:08 AM	#162
Chopper65 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Texas Posts: 60	I love Kole tangs, would like to see pics of yours if you can get him to be still lol The corals look good

11/21/2016, 02:40 PM	#163
MrDaniel Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 51	Following along. Great set-up. Good thing OSHA wasn't around when you brought that tank down the stairs haha

11/21/2016, 05:58 PM	#164
Lance A. Lot SLASH Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: St. Peters Posts: 1,573	Algae explosion as u can see in the last picture. Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk __________________ 180 DT w/ sps & lps 75 tank w/ softies and nems Learn from the mistakes of others... it's cheaper Current Tank Info: 180 Gallon Glass Cages w/ some personal modifications

11/21/2016, 06:00 PM	#165
Lance A. Lot SLASH Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: St. Peters Posts: 1,573	Got some more clean up crew to combat the situation Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk __________________ 180 DT w/ sps & lps 75 tank w/ softies and nems Learn from the mistakes of others... it's cheaper Current Tank Info: 180 Gallon Glass Cages w/ some personal modifications

11/25/2016, 04:51 PM	#166
Lance A. Lot SLASH Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: St. Peters Posts: 1,573	Results from Black Friday shopping: Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk __________________ 180 DT w/ sps & lps 75 tank w/ softies and nems Learn from the mistakes of others... it's cheaper Current Tank Info: 180 Gallon Glass Cages w/ some personal modifications

12/13/2016, 09:55 PM	#167
Lance A. Lot SLASH Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: St. Peters Posts: 1,573	Update: I added a float switch or 3. So far it's working well. 10 gallon reservoir but until I am comfortable with the program I wrote in fusion I'm only half filling it. Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk __________________ 180 DT w/ sps & lps 75 tank w/ softies and nems Learn from the mistakes of others... it's cheaper Current Tank Info: 180 Gallon Glass Cages w/ some personal modifications

12/13/2016, 10:01 PM	#168
Lance A. Lot SLASH Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: St. Peters Posts: 1,573	Update: 2 things... that's a newer 360E to replace the one that was flickering on me. Trying to fix the flickering one to use over a frag tank someday. Also put the Auto feeder on the same rack as the lights so it's kinda out in middle. This is nice because all the food falls in and none of it lands on the rim. Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk __________________ 180 DT w/ sps & lps 75 tank w/ softies and nems Learn from the mistakes of others... it's cheaper Current Tank Info: 180 Gallon Glass Cages w/ some personal modifications

12/25/2016, 04:47 PM	#169
Lance A. Lot SLASH Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: St. Peters Posts: 1,573	It has been a while again... I keep doing a lot of small things to the fish room and never updating this thread. I have been reading the Apex user manual a lot lately. I never knew how much I didn't know about the capabilities of this controller. __________________ 180 DT w/ sps & lps 75 tank w/ softies and nems Learn from the mistakes of others... it's cheaper Current Tank Info: 180 Gallon Glass Cages w/ some personal modifications

12/25/2016, 04:55 PM	#170
Lance A. Lot SLASH Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: St. Peters Posts: 1,573	Added an important part of any fish room: Got to have a good beer (and frozen fish food) storage device. Put a little filter sock hanging arm over the sink to dry dirty or clean socks. Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk __________________ 180 DT w/ sps & lps 75 tank w/ softies and nems Learn from the mistakes of others... it's cheaper Current Tank Info: 180 Gallon Glass Cages w/ some personal modifications

12/25/2016, 05:01 PM	#171
Lance A. Lot SLASH Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: St. Peters Posts: 1,573	Used some Styrofoam boards to try and keep noise from the return pump downstairs. Maybe they will help with insulation maybe not. At the very least they may keep dust from the bottom of the staircase from falling in the horse trough. The Styrofoam was leftover from my wife's new dinning room table. So far I can't hear a difference but the pump isn't loud to begin with. Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk __________________ 180 DT w/ sps & lps 75 tank w/ softies and nems Learn from the mistakes of others... it's cheaper Current Tank Info: 180 Gallon Glass Cages w/ some personal modifications

12/25/2016, 05:05 PM	#172
Lance A. Lot SLASH Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: St. Peters Posts: 1,573	Replaced the exposed rusty magnets on this algae scrubber with sealed new ones then encased them in silicone. Turned it on and now I am waiting to see what it does. 2 days up on a 12 on 12 off cycle and I haven't seen any growth yet. Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk __________________ 180 DT w/ sps & lps 75 tank w/ softies and nems Learn from the mistakes of others... it's cheaper Current Tank Info: 180 Gallon Glass Cages w/ some personal modifications

12/25/2016, 05:08 PM	#173
Lance A. Lot SLASH Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: St. Peters Posts: 1,573	Got the ATO walmart reservoir up and running. If it doesn't work out at least I have a good trash can for the fish room. Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk __________________ 180 DT w/ sps & lps 75 tank w/ softies and nems Learn from the mistakes of others... it's cheaper Current Tank Info: 180 Gallon Glass Cages w/ some personal modifications

12/25/2016, 05:10 PM	#174
Lance A. Lot SLASH Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: St. Peters Posts: 1,573	Did some cord management to make things look a little nicer... put those Styrofoam blocks up so you can't see the birds nest of wire under the steps. Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk __________________ 180 DT w/ sps & lps 75 tank w/ softies and nems Learn from the mistakes of others... it's cheaper Current Tank Info: 180 Gallon Glass Cages w/ some personal modifications

12/25/2016, 05:11 PM	#175
Lance A. Lot SLASH Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: St. Peters Posts: 1,573	Put together a qt system... now just need the will power to actually use it the way I should. Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk __________________ 180 DT w/ sps & lps 75 tank w/ softies and nems Learn from the mistakes of others... it's cheaper Current Tank Info: 180 Gallon Glass Cages w/ some personal modifications