My Dream 180!

[trojan_48]

Great dimensions, part of me wishes I went with 24" tall.

Yeah, only regret I have is I wish I made the stand 42 or 48" instead to make it eye more eye level.. But I guess it also depends on how tall you are. haha

 

[solitude127]

How tall is your stand?

 

[trojan_48]

How tall is your stand?

36" high

 

[trojan_48]

Update: lights are up and running! 3 Radion G3 pro's.. Debating on adding T5's.. Hard for room.. Also finished all rock structure with Pukani Rock! Now it's cycling time! Started already!

 

[janiners305]

Lookin good

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[trojan_48]

Thank you! Pleasure meeting you both finally today!

 

[LuisPerez711]

Awesome set up! So clean. What will you be housing in here? LPS, SPS, or both?

 

[theMerchant]

I like your scape. Did you clean the pukani before you used it ?

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[trojan_48]

I like your scape. Did you clean the pukani before you used it ?

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Thanks! It was the aquamaxx, dry pukani.

 

[trojan_48]

Awesome set up! So clean. What will you be housing in here? LPS, SPS, or both?

thanks! Both.

 

[theMerchant]

Thanks! It was the aquamaxx, dry pukani.

Ok cool .it said it should be cured first. Hopefully your Phosphates will ok .

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[eaguialr]

Your tank is awesome pictures dont do it justice. lol

 

[trojan_48]

Your tank is awesome pictures dont do it justice. lol

Thanks Elias!

 

[solitude127]

Your tank is coming along very nicely. What are you going to do for flow on the opposite side of the tank?

 

[LuisPerez711]

I think you should wait on the t5 lighting for now. Just see how well those radions do first. If you wanted to supplement t5 for more light spread, Id try the wide angle lenses first. Im running 3 Gen 3 Pro's on my tank and supplementing with t5's as well. But I have my t5's angled so that they hit the upper portion of my rock work and Im getting a bunch of light lol But then again Im going sps dominant so I dont mind. Good luck with your build! Definitely following.

 

[trojan_48]

I think you should wait on the t5 lighting for now. Just see how well those radions do first. If you wanted to supplement t5 for more light spread, Id try the wide angle lenses first. Im running 3 Gen 3 Pro's on my tank and supplementing with t5's as well. But I have my t5's angled so that they hit the upper portion of my rock work and Im getting a bunch of light lol But then again Im going sps dominant so I dont mind. Good luck with your build! Definitely following.

How do you like the combo? I'm getting shadowing and also I've had a lot of reefers come over and compliment my 100, but the bases of a lot of my corals are either brown or dead and they said T5's will handle that by eliminating the shadowing and reflecting off the sand bed to hit the bases

 

[ItsTheNano]

How do you like the combo? I'm getting shadowing and also I've had a lot of reefers come over and compliment my 100, but the bases of a lot of my corals are either brown or dead and they said T5's will handle that by eliminating the shadowing and reflecting off the sand bed to hit the bases

I just added T5s to my 120gl, was previously just running 2 radions. Within 2 days of adding T5s I saw polyps from my monti cap that I had never seen...I think T5s/led is the best way to go. Acans also tend to colorT5s nicer with T5s.

 

[trojan_48]

Your tank is coming along very nicely. What are you going to do for flow on the opposite side of the tank?

Right now my 3 MP40's are doing a good job. I see things cycling all the way around.. But worse case is I will have to sell 2 of them for an mp60.. haha

 

[LuisPerez711]

How do you like the combo? I'm getting shadowing and also I've had a lot of reefers come over and compliment my 100, but the bases of a lot of my corals are either brown or dead and they said T5's will handle that by eliminating the shadowing and reflecting off the sand bed to hit the bases

I also think that T5/LED is the way to go. I really like my setup and the spread that I get from the T5's is exactly what I wanted. The base of my corals get a healthy amount of light and the rest of the body gets all the juice it needs from the LEDs. The combo also lights up the tank a whole lot more. Gives it a "fuller lit" look to it (if that makes sense) lol Im, at the moment, running a aquablue special and a blue plus bulb but eventually Id get two blue plus bulbs for greater PAR. Or maybe try out those new LED T5 bulbs.

Right now my 3 MP40's are doing a good job. I see things cycling all the way around.. But worse case is I will have to sell 2 of them for an mp60.. haha

MP60! haha I have one on this tank too but its dialed down to 30%. lol Those things move a ton of water.

 

[trojan_48]

Some update pics View attachment 52080