Look, another 180

**mandarin_watcher** · 07-30-2006 04:08 AM

Here's some pic's of my 180. I just got her up and running a couple weeks ago.

**mandarin_watcher** · 07-30-2006 04:11 AM

And a few more

The picture quality isn't the greatest, but after I spent all my money on the tank, I didn't have any left for a camera. All I had to use is my camera phone.

**mandarin_watcher** · 07-30-2006 04:23 AM

The cycle is pretty much done. but then I did have my 180lbs of live rock cycling in a 75 gal tank since March, along with 165lbs of live sand.
Then I used all the rock and sand from my other 75 gal reef that I had set up for the past 3 years. All my fish and corals were moved to a 29 gal reef that I had set up in my daughter room or the other 75 in the livingroom. the fish aren't very happy at the moments but they will get over it when they get their little fins into the big tank. Amon is 0, Nitrite is 0. Nitrate is 15, Ph is 8.4.
But I want a good bio load built up before I put the fish and corals in there, so I don't plan on putting them in until mid Sep. That is if the fish can handle being cramped up in the other tanks for a little while.

**jiggly75** · 07-30-2006 05:59 PM

I like how you arranged your rocks.

**mandarin_watcher** · 07-30-2006 06:10 PM

Thanks, it took a few days, and I pulled out a lot of hair

. Some of the rock came from my 75gal, which I hated to take down, I knew I wouldn't be able to get the rock like that again. But tried I did. After three days of cussing, throwing, and few beers. Walking away and try again tomorrow, I gave it up. I couldn't get it back, I couldn't even remember how I did it in the first place.
This was just pure luck, no glue, ties, nothing but balance and gravity.This tank had been set up for three years. After I took the corals and most of the fish out, is when I realized I should take a picture. That is why you don't see any fish in the pics.

**fish outa wata** · 07-30-2006 07:09 PM

I guess if you ask, you shall receive...
nice setup!

**mandarin_watcher** · 07-30-2006 07:15 PM

That is what I am told. I will send you more pic's as soon as I figure out how to in a PM.

**Reefland** · 07-30-2006 09:32 PM

Great looking tank! I sure am ready to get started on ours....again.

Can't send images by using the "attachment" feature in PM's...sorry. You can however send images via PM if you have a URL for them.