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boilermaker1
07/31/2009, 04:58 PM
Running about 2 months now, I moved it from one place to another. Everything made it, and I made some new additions since then. Thought I'd take some pictures since I just gave the glass a good scrubbing.
Nothing fancy going on in there, its a Marineland 180, 6x2x2 with a 75 gallon sump (I'll guess there's 40 gallons water volume in it).
Octo Pro 300 skimmer
1x250, 2x175 14K Hamilton SE MHs. I run one 96W Actinic, just to add a little more blue.
Snapper return pump
Dart on an OM 4-way for CL.
And yeah... I have a very photogenic Butterfly

FTS
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y220/boilermaker1/180G/DSC_0059.jpg

Left side (under 175W)
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y220/boilermaker1/180G/DSC_0061.jpg

Right side (Under 250W)
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y220/boilermaker1/180G/DSC_0084.jpg

Others that came out good
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y220/boilermaker1/180G/DSC_0060.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y220/boilermaker1/180G/DSC_0065.jpg

Stock is fairly light at the moment
1 Hippo Tang
1 Pyramid Butterfly
1 Zoster's Butterfly
2 Cinnamon Clowns
1 Starry Blenny
I'd like to add a few more, looking into Dispar Anthias and maybe some Zebra dart fish for color and activity. Not sure if I want to do another tang with the butterflies in there, I dont think they're done growing yet.

rkelman
07/31/2009, 06:45 PM
Your tank looks great for 2 months old. I love the Pyramid.

boilermaker1
07/31/2009, 09:30 PM
Its 2 months old, but then again, its not really.... When I moved, I kept everything wet and tried to do it as fast as I could... It didnt even cycle again when I put everything back in. Most of the rock is 3 or 4 years old. I did transfer the sand, but I rinsed it several times before I put it back in. I just put GFO back in the reactor yesterday, so hopefully now some of that ugly stuff growing on the back glass will go away.