my 180g move and new beginning

[thesaent14]

well i have to move to a new house and like almost every one in this hobby i had some things in my tank witch need it some upgrades like my sump wow i hate it that thing lol i was my first sump out of glass no experience what so ever my tank was and island before in this house i want to change to standard against the wall well in off and lets get to the pics lol

btw is work in progress and i am making everything my self i will add a brake down of the equipment later

first the tank and stan i like hi stans eye view


then the sump came along and calcium reactor


don't live the sand

[thesaent14]

power center , aquatronica controller, rock stands and rocks tunze wave box and tunze 6080 install and the skimmer


3X400w MH giesemann 14k megachrome with lumermax reflectors


water is in


skimmer was made by me is a beast look at him working immediately


full shot

[Chong]

Good luck with everything and keep the pics coming.

[thesaent14]

thanks chong ii will show more pics soon i have no fish now because the guy who deliver my water last it 5 days to deliver and almost every fish die all my corals o whats left of them are in the frag room in my shop i will give like a weeck or tow and will add everyting

[twinreef]

Your off to a very good start. Yes keep the pics coming.

[Casanova1016]

sweet!! keep the pics coming

[thesaent14]

i will have more pics when i add the new fish i really don't know what to add i have to get me new fiash in total i have to get a new celection i was thinking on 3 blue tang cuple of races

[Deepwater]

Nice work . It coming along sweet. the skimmer look great , but why are you getting foam out of the drain. Maybe put a pipe higher then the collection cup

cant wait to see it packed with corals .

[thesaent14]

thanks deep i have all my corals in my frag room the water is NSW i thick i don't have to wait to much for the cicle even the sand is new in the tank

btw

the pump i have on that skimmer is really chipe but as you can see is pure fome in the 8inches tube

[mheaven]

nice setup, i see you did your homework. lets see some more pics.

[thesaent14]

thanks mheaven and i was thinking of this new setup for a wile things i did not do in my past setup i want it to well here are more pics

calcium reactor is in with new media


close up on the rock work


i like how the rock looks on the acrylic stans


the cheato and mangroves are in plus 40lb of live sand

[thesaent14]

i just pic this unit today


i have the kalkwasser unit in today ill post more pics tomorow

[gsago1979]

Tank is really coming together...I like the look of the rockwork...It really leaves lots of room for growth height wise...What kinds of corals are you going to be adding to this tank?

[mheaven]

Yes the rock work looks great. I wish i could go back to a big tank...

[thesaent14]

thanks guys for the coments here are some updates my kalk is in

[thesaent14]

here is how it looks now

[tsouth]

Damn son! Your acrylic work is off the chizzain!

[thesaent14]

thanks i just add it the calcium reactor and kalkwasser reactor and in leas then 3hr at slow rate my influence when from 8.03 to 7.58 that is good and fast

[ItalianSausage]

Lookin Awesome

[thesaent14]

thanks today i am adding some corals and fish if i can