180 Gallon Build

Well, I'm happy to say that the silicone seems to have done the trick, at least for the time being. Have one more pesky leak that I think I've found and then hopefully that will be the end for the near future. I'd like to live with this system, figure out what I like and don't like about it and then probably rebuild it in the future. Heck, it'll give me something to do.

 

EVERYTHING's MOVED OVER!
Well, I got the fish, rock, corals, sand and water moved over this morning/afternoon. Quite a job, but I'm glad it;'s none and I hope everyone survives. The Niger Trigger doesn't like moving around.
The only casualty so for is the collection cup for my Super Skimmer. hit the ground as I was moving it and the bottom broke pretty good. It's not going to be my long=term skimmer for this tank, so I don't know what to do.
And the added bonus: I stopped on the way home from the CR/IC BBQ last night and picked up 2 AI Sols and hung them. I'll probably need at least one more, but that's all the $$$ I could wrangle out of the banker for now. Even thought I explained the long-term cost savings. it's hard to explain why you have to spend $1000. Eek. I think she still loves me.  /DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default/emoticons/hehe.gif
Here are a few picks. I'm going to do another video of all the steps I went through to get this stuff done. Stay tuned. Thanks for reading.



And the 75 setup, soon to be on Buy/sell/trade for sale. 

 

It was more settled before the transfer. The water and sand have been in there a week. I used sugar sand as the base and that stuff clouds up at the slightest agitation.  Hoping everything will be OK.

 

Here's a video update:
http://youtu.be/lomSoyMBkcg

 

A few new pics:

 

Thanks, guys. I'm pretty excited. Hoping everyone likes their new home and stays for a while.

 

Yeah, it's a cleaner wrasse. I got it for $20. What I've read online says they're hard to keep alive, but a lot of that was older info. I don't know if they're bred differently now or not, but this guy got in the tank, started cleaning fish and eating within minutes. My Niger Trigger was a little ICH-y and he spent a lot of time with him last night. I got him mainly because I've read that powder browns can be ICH-prone and I wanted to be sure I had something in there to help him out if needed.

 

Well, I got a skimmer. I picked up an Eshopps S-200 cone skimmer this afternoon and then I had to cut back some of the opening on the top of my sump to get it in. Yeehaw. I'm a cowboy!

Here's a video of the after. I wish I would have had someone there to tape the before and during. My crppy little Dremel wasn't up to the task. Drastic measures were then required.

 

Yeah, that's that it was doing turned all the way down. /DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default/emoticons/shocked.gif It's settling down now, but still keeps bubbling over. Pretty good piece of gear. Or at least it seems like it will be.

 

Well, I added more rock today from the big batch I got from j.stacey and Ray. I also set up my ATO with an Eshopps gravity-fed and an 18 gallon rubbermaid bin.This thing is actually starting to look like a tank!