75 gal to 180 gal transition

242bats

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i'm home!!
fishing was great
it has been a long time coming. it was a weekend for the guys.
but about the tank it is looking very good, did some changes to the "scwd" and thank it is for the good. will post some pics in a day or two, laptop at work
 

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ok tired of the bubbles

so i made a filter trap, if that what you would call it.

here are some pics, i hope this will work for my bubble problem.



 

242bats

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everything is in the 180
it was pretty stressful for us and the fish. my oldest daughter cried because the emperor didn't look good and we were afraid we were going to lose it. that was a couple of hours ago. we did a drip acclimation for him and the corals but just threw the rest of the fish in. right now, eveyone looks fine. the emperor is the only one still hiding. he is taking it pretty hard. every time we walk by he looks at us with puppy-dog eyes. never knew a fish could do that. will post pics soon.
 

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funny thing happened during the move. our sailfin (named Angel) is hovering over our emperor (named Fang). we always worried that they would fight but they seem to be looking after each other. weird.
 

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ok, lights out and everyone is looking very good
fang is out and swimming around
(again fang is the emperor) all is good for now and for the oldest girls let hope it stays that way
see you guys in the morning
 

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ok it has been a week and all is good, but the birds nest was broken, but with the help from some of the guys on this board i thank we will be ok.
pics the day after the move and then from today


 

fishkid13

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Congrats! Looks very good! Angel and tang look big in that tank, must have been monsters in the 75. More pictures...
 

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Originally Posted by fishkid13
http:///forum/post/3160828
Congrats! Looks very good! Angel and tang look big in that tank, must have been monsters in the 75. More pictures...

thats why they had to move. lol

i am not having good luck with the camera. it works good without the mh lights on but with mh i can not make a good pic.
but i will get it
 

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i do have a tripod, i am trying to find it.
that may be the trick i did not think of that i hope i can find it
 

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hey guys just did a water test and all is good

a/n/n/ all at 0.00
alk is good
p/h is 8.2
sal/ 1.025
temp 79.5
water clarity/ clear
lost the calcium test/ will have one ordered asap
 

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Originally Posted by crypt keeper
http:///forum/post/3161679
Looks awesome. What skimmer return pumps are you using?
do not know on the skimmer it came with the tank,
the return pump is a mag 12 and "scwd" pump is a 9.5, but that is to much for the sump i am still trying to cut the return down some to make it work, but with no luck. may have to make the "scwd" a closed loop.
 

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sorry out so long, it has been almost a year. things at my job were not going good and days got longer and longer. new mang. and things did not work out. i made untill friday aug. 13th what a day.
but that is all in the past now. looks like i will be able to stay home and do some work that needed to be finished abround the house. the wife is doing very well with her job and she is letting me do the house thing and look after my girls. so here we go mr mom
we see how long i can take it. lol
 
so on with it i had just got home from taking the girls to school and was just going out to work on the garage and there was a loud pot and hissing sound in the living room, and lots of smoke
protein skimmer shorted out poped the powerstrip and smoked up the stand real good, not. so a new skimmer and power strip. thank god i was home to shut it all off. looks like the timers and lights are all ok and livestock is good. i have some updates to talk about but first things first. i am going to start a new thread what skimmer to get ?????????

 
 
as before sorry out so long i like it here and all the help that you all have given me over time, i am back to stay and have fun.
 

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i thank with the help from this forum i have found a skimmer
i will still do some more looking but this may be the one
 

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skimmer is on the way, will try to post a video, and pics of what the tank looks like now
not as good as it looked back in the day but we will get there agan
have some time as i said befor no job but having fun agan
 
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