Xavier's 180

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Woohoo for my first "Large Reef."
This tank was a result of me having to move and using that as a reason to upgrade.


Tank: 6'x2'x2'
Lights: 2x 250 watt Mogul MH 1x 250 HQI hamilton halide
Sump: 40 gallons 3 chambered
Skimmer: 1x Euroreef rs135 1x SCaquatics 150
Return Pump: Mag 9.5
Circulation: 4 Koralia 1025


I repainted the tank to be black, and had my hardships already with a leaking bulkhead, and then a faulty sump. So the moving process took much longer than I anticipated. And as such I unfortunately killed most of my corals in the move, and most of the fish too, but I plan to slowly rebuild with more SPS and a variety of softies and LPS as well.


The tank is only about a week old so forgive the primitive look that it is going through, I will be updating often.
I plan to add more rocks to the left side, and start adding some color!


Special thanks to thebanker (Mikey), Brandon, Jeremey, Jonathan, Zach and my roommate Steve for putting up with the mess that has been our kitchen for the last couple weeks.


Here are some pics















 

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Looking good. Bummer to hear about the losses but building a new system is always fun. Keep us posted
 

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You bought your tank from Firestone?....lol....great build, and great dems on the tank!




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Looks great. At 1 week my tank was still cloudy from using fine sand lol. Good luck with the tank
Filter sock, tons of carbon and a lot of water flow is the only reason I could get it cleared up!
Thanks

Looking good. Bummer to hear about the losses but building a new system is always fun. Keep us posted
I will, thanks for the compliment. Building a new tank is always the best, until you run into problems

You bought your tank from Firestone?....lol....great build, and great dems on the tank!




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Haha we parked there to eat at the mall, the looks we got were pretty funny

Thanks

Good looking tank. I have the same dimensions and I love it


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Do you have a build thread?

Lmao! That's what I thought too! Good looking tank. Great start!
Thank you!

I really like the rock work on the right side. Sorry to hear about the corals you lost during the move.
Thats all the rock I have! haha big difference in the upgrade from the 120 to the 6' 180 haha
 

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