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GOSKN5'S 180 dream


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Well, my previous 120 was supposed to be my last tank upgrade (I promised my wife).. but the dream of a 6 foot tank made me break that one! It was actually her idea to upgrade :) (kinda)

 

So here we are..

 

To start here are a few pictures from previous tanks that I have had as I would like to have them here for reference

 

(I am going to photo dump some of these pics and clean up later as tapatalk isnt the friendliest option for organizing a thread with pics)

 

The last photo is my most recent tank.. a 120 gallon d43b25fe68e622206484d92f2741fafc.jpgdf558fcac1f18860eb9f96c1d5a53e92.jpg7cf847067fa405cf7962b2549ab74f1d.jpgeade594dd41459f5e13fc798df83d886.jpgcb9a8ecdf1bc74bc77011f028b6f646a.jpg

 

 

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So first step in the process was moving the 120 to another room. (My wife's idea again!)

I decided I would do a easy freshwater community in the 120 once I make the switch.

So, in order to make the move easier and help fund the new 180, I sold off a bunch of corals. I kept only my large gorgonians and a couple select pieces.

We emptied the tank and moved it into another room.

My wife and I built a riser of sorts for the tank to make it fit the room and look more appealing. We also installed the wood behind the tank and rocked in the base.

Currently it looks like this and you can see the few pieces that were kept for the new tank...848d1e40eb80d37972c28ed740130246.jpgca8939d0041b19f898551571d177b04a.jpg

Now the real fun begins! The 180 was purchased at and drilled by my LFS Tiki Corals... here is a photo dump of building the stand, sump, etc.cf1b439eb9a41b5e621c78a7bc39db42.jpg247fdd467769b401c6693fc2f5281f8e.jpg28dadbbdfb16f9905ee0965c9a7e740b.jpg44fb6554d9d990402e103aacc3936365.jpge3c4849aa13517b09eb59be197c8ea41.jpg8926215f57732978596282101d9157e0.jpg416816e8362745cb69d2720024d8129a.jpg9bff4067f148ebeb66b9cf941a89b699.jpg120ef450971a8e4fbc23239532466bc6.jpg26c6cd455e06b588aed5b5a4266a0e26.jpg816f1d76b628a37ccf7ec10e36b0df54.jpg09cf4b57c13f22ae488758f5a4ff201f.jpgaaf0127c3a8f40bee29f0b5a233f1b88.jpg5a84b85158f219fab5a5576c119cd685.jpg435bd3b2219437628843b4c8113d9606.jpg




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Still have to add trim and doors along with a few other odds and ends... coming together tho...4ae56e0d1bd6da552d8f71a645110310.jpgbef2d91366ac26d9b51e8bacc3a4a84a.jpg
All finished up! Added the doors and hardware. Now it's time to add rock and water and get it going!

I will be transferring my existing rock and livestock and adding some new rock as well.2ade87a13a4759cbee5f730cd8f6bd10.jpg


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Sorry for the delay on this thread.. I failed to renew my membership.. just got some time to take care of that..

 

Tank has been up since just after the new year or so...

 

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Planning to add some more fish and plenty of room for frags!

 

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I think that is the best looking stand and canopy I have ever seen.
Tank looks awesome. 
Thanks! It was a lot of work.. but turned out fantastic

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It’s all looking great. That toadstool is giant!


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Love your fish selection.  Beautiful!
Do they all get along with each other and the  corals ok?



They all get along well with each other... they get 2 feedings from the auto feeder with pellets and 1 pretty heavy frozen feeding a day.. so I think that helps...

As for the corals....

Wellllll... I decided that I was going to add the fish I wanted and then manage their nipping by removing what corals they taste... so that is what I have been doing... the emperor has nipped at some cloves a few times.. a few zoas and a couple other things... doesn’t seem to decimate them yet... so I remove some and just let some be... as I said I decided when I put him in I was going to be ok with some nipping as it was a fish I always wanted to watch grow up


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