My soon to be new 180x75x60cm

[duck]

Hi all i still have my planted tanks,now i'm updating my marine tank to a 180x75x60 (830liter approx) tank for my blue tang from my old 120 cm tank,the tank should be arriving nex week if all goes well.
I'll update hardware ect when it comes in/or i get to it.

Heres the stand.

[chrissyoscar]

Nice size tank, make sure you take plenty of pics as you're setting it up.

[duck]

Nice size tank, make sure you take plenty of pics as you're setting it up.
will do :)
Here are few more detailsEquipment in
Tunze TS24 kit
430 watts worth of T5 HO (i have these already)
No skimmer yet,don't know which way to go still.
A weir on each end of the tank.

About 80kg of specail grade reef sand carib-sea going for shallow bed say around 5cm,might add more to the sump,still in two minds about this,again i'll see how it looks in the main tank.

Add about 30kg LR + about 40kg base rock to get it started, once it's cycled i'll start transfering the 30kg LR from my 120cm tank,or during the cycle period add the 30 LR slowly,I have a BT and Bicolour angel so i really don't want to stress them out to much.

I would have prefered it 90cm wide but i wouldn't fit through the door so i had to settle for 75cm.

live stock
ATM i have
Blue tang
bicolour angel
I'm leaning towards another angel,but i'll wait an see what else grabs my eye and of course see if they are compatiable.
a hermit
linka star
urchin, collector urchini was told
2 mantis
6snails
thats about it.

[duck]

Here are few pics of gear,just waiting for then electric man and the SW and i'm sweet to go.
A little plug for ASA Excellent to deal with.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y73/c_duck_c/P1010179.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y73/c_duck_c/P1010178.jpg


http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y73/c_duck_c/P1010174.jpg


http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y73/c_duck_c/P1010170.jpg

[ILLUSN]

love the DIY stand mate well done

[scott bowler]

comeing along very nicely Duck well done mate keep it up and keep the pics comeing good stuff

[Robdog]

2x mantis??? :?

[duck]

2x mantis??? :?
Mantis shrimp.

Here's a few updates pictures and details
Here it is with the water and some base rocks i had laying around,I got 1800 liter of NSW delivered.
Got the tunze going,not upto speed on how to use them properly but the food timer feature is great.
Lighting for the moment i'm using 2x54 T5's


http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y73/c_duck_c/P1010290.jpg

I decide to add around 10kg more LR

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y73/c_duck_c/P1010296.jpg

This is my 4ft which will become the sump,So i didn't really bother about cleaning

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y73/c_duck_c/P1010293.jpg

[duck]

The transfering of the livestock was a nightmare,you think you have it all planned out and always somethig goes wrong.
I ended up putting the fish along with everything else snails seastar urchin,straight in had no choice the temp an salinity where about even

Here is the old tank now sump going in i left the old substrate in it.
Since i own a shop that use alot of milk i borrowed a few milk crates then once i finished i returned them.


http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y73/c_duck_c/P1010302.jpg

here is the sump in place to be pushed in

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y73/c_duck_c/P1010306.jpg

Here we are filling the sump
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y73/c_duck_c/P1010309.jpg

here we are still filling it up and a full tank shot with about 40kg of LR and about 10-15kg of base rock
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y73/c_duck_c/P1010308.jpg

[Robdog]

2x mantis??? :?
Mantis shrimp.


I know you meant Mantis Shrimp but I thought one would be enough in any size tank??

Looks good so far.

[Nathan]

mantis shrimp are nasty guys, i wouldnt be gettn any if i were you

[duck]

2x mantis??? :?
Mantis shrimp.


I know you meant Mantis Shrimp but I thought one would be enough in any size tank??

Looks good so far.
Sorry Robdog Didn't know what you meant.
It's wasn't by choice they are freeloaders on the LR that i had brought,Ones in the sump and the other in the display.

[Robdog]

Some Mantis are really beautiful and quite interesting to watch. I guess depending on the tank size, which you have plenty, and making sure to keep it well fed, I reckon it'd work ok

[nicholas76]

aaah mantis shrimp

thats the best way to reduce your fish volume any day!

quickly cold dipping your live rock flushes them out id do that.

[nicholas76]

Duck!!

update please ive been hanging to see how this develops!!