180 Custom Build, Lots of pics

wangotango

wangotango

Active Member
Awsome craftsmanship, you really know what you're doing

Can't wait to see this thing up and running.
-Justin
 
artie1209

artie1209

Member
Your build looks fantastic. You may consider one minor adjustment. I think your overflow should be lower than the top glass. It may give you a place for the water to go if the teeth become blocked.
 
dancoolr

dancoolr

Member
I did a water test for leaks, I went good but had some leaks around the bulk heads so I made a minor adjustment. I sued bigger washers and will do another water test on monday. Hopefully everything goes good.
 
snakeblitz33

snakeblitz33

Well-Known Member
I can't wait to see it up and running! Awesome DIY project! Make sure you leak test it before putting it in your house!!!!!
 
aquaguy24

aquaguy24

Active Member
nice build..makes me want to build my own stand.cant wait to see it up and running.....and is that a dell laptop i see...
 
dancoolr

dancoolr

Member
Well the story I tell people about me getting into the hobby is quite funny. When I first started I had a 30 gallon bow front tank with only one fish, no skimmer, no light, as cheap and simple as I could go. About a month later I got bored and found a good deal on a 90 gallon but still didn’t think I wanted to go bigger yet, so I build a stand and put freshwater fish in it. At that time I had 4 tanks, 3 freshwater and one was saltwater. Well again I got bored so I turned the 90 into saltwater and sold the 30 bow. Again I wanted this to be a cheap hobby so only a few fish, simple lights, small skimmer, no corals. I was thinking I wanted to go with sharks and crazy aggressive fish with no corals. Well one of the fish that ate corals died and I figured out that the other fish that had potential to eat corals didn’t touch any of the mushrooms; I went and bought a CP and a couple small corals. I bought corals every week from that point on, but only frags. The most I would spend was 15 - 20 dollars on corals. Well by the third month in, I had a lot of corals and 8 fish. So about 2 months ago I upgraded to MH and started some SPS corals. In between that the three month upgrade I got a nice ASM skimmer and made a refuge. Now I’m building the 180...
 
dancoolr

dancoolr

Member
So here is my current fish count:
Foxface
Niger Trigger
Green Bird Wrasse
Hackfish
Orange Sholder Tang
Naso Tang
Miniatus Grouper
Snowflak Eel
Volitian Loinfish
With new tank I will be adding 1 - 2 fish, the only one I am thinking of right now is the Desjardinii Sailfin....
GIVE ME SOME SUGGESTIONS....
 
dancoolr

dancoolr

Member
Today I performed another water test and went pretty good. I had one leak around one of the bulk heads but that should be a quick fix. Just ordered the sailfin tang... getting excited
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top