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VdubReefer 
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 Posted: April 06 2017 at 11:02am |
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Nice !! This sounds like an awesome build !!! Keep up the pictures !!!
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"He who is one with the sea"
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Posted: March 31 2017 at 10:55am |
I got some time to work on the fish room last night. I made most of the stand for the qt and species tanks. They are 33 long and I think that they will be really cool. I will also be running a sink over to the work table. My wife says that if I have a fish room I need to have a fish sink too. It is a small bar sink but it should be perfect for cleaning out the skimmer cup. This weekend will be a big one for the tank. I got the tank, now I just need to drill it. Then it can go into the stand. I am hoping to move the tank over in two weeks.
 20170330_221858_zpshlsovkso by Nate Owen, on Flickr
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Posted: March 28 2017 at 8:37am |
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I have a pistol shrimp/goby pair that I haven't seen in almost a year. I hear the pistol shrimp several times a day, though.
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Posted: March 28 2017 at 8:21am |
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I like the goby idea. I like the idea of something that will turn over the sand. I have also contemplated a Goby pistol shrimp pair but I feel like they might get lost in such a big tank.
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Posted: March 27 2017 at 7:42pm |
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I loved my diamond goby, lots of character. I had a similar tang trio as you and loved them. I definitely want to add some anthias this time around. And if you still have an abundance of rbtas in a month or so, I would be interested in buying one from you :)
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Posted: March 26 2017 at 8:33pm |
I made and equipment list for the tank. I think that I got everything. Equipment List: -180 gallon Standard Tank - (4) Kesil A160WE - (1) 48" 2 bulb T5 - SWC 180 Skimmer - Jecod CP-40 - Jebao RW60 - Apex Jr - Apex DOS for Auto water changes - BRS Dosers - Tunze Osmilator ATO - Mag 1200 return - 40g Breeder sump -BRS 5 stage RO, 2 media reactors
I have 10 fish right now. I am looking to get more for the new tank. I think that I will add another firefish. It is funny that they are some of the cheapest fish but I get a ton of comments about them. I think that i might want a wrasse or some anthias. Livestock - Hippo Tang - Sailfin Tang - Lamark Angel - Yellow tang - Flame Angelfish - (2) Black Ice Snowflake Clowns - 1 firefish - chromis - banggai cardinal - lots red bubble tips (looking to thin them out a bit)
What other fish do you guys like?
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Posted: March 24 2017 at 10:55pm |
I took some pictures of the stand. I currently have it only partially built. I needed to get part of it done so that the contractor could come in and start the drywall. The front part of the stand is supported with 2x4s sistered next to the wall joists. I should have taken a close up picture but I didnt. I think that I will do a support in the middle. Maybe I will offset it to the side a little bit to allow more room under the stand. I also ran a dedicated line from the breaker panel for the tank. I put the outlets up on the wall and made sure that they were GFCI outlets too.
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Posted: March 24 2017 at 4:44pm |
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I'm excited to see the finished product. Looks like a well thought out design.
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60g LPS Cube
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Posted: March 24 2017 at 2:44pm |
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Dang, that's going to be nice! Wish I could have that big of a fish room, lol.looks like a good layout to me
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Posted: March 24 2017 at 9:13am |
I drew up a plan for the fish room. I would like to have the sump like two feet off of the ground and to the side of the tank. this will give me the most access to work on and clean the sump. I dont like bending over under the tank and trying to work with the skimmer. I also want to have a qt/ species tank. Let me know what you think/ if you have any suggestions. What would you do if you had an 8.5ftx12ft fish room?
 Fish Room_zpsqek0lh9i by Nate Owen, on Flickr
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Posted: March 23 2017 at 11:06pm |
Right now, I live in a
small house near the Utah Idaho border. It is only 384sf or about 12ftx32ft but I
have a 150 gallon in wall tank. We moved in to the home to save money and pay
off debt but it is time to move. We just don’t have any room left with two
girls my wife and I and our 2 100lb dogs. In February we bought a house closer
to town it is 8 times larger than our current home and we found a place that
can support a fish room! I like the size of my 150 gallon but I wanted to go
with a glass tank. I didn’t want to go down to a 4ft tank so I decided to go to
a 180 gallon aquarium. I have it ordered and we are getting the house ready for
the new tank.
I love the way that an
in wall tank looks, I think that it is nice to have all of the equipment and
mess behind the wall. I also think that this is why my wife is ok with such a
large tank too. The fish room will be right off of the main living area. The room
is 8.5ftx12ft and it also serves as my wife’s laundry room ( I guess we will see
how that goes).
We are in the middle of
construction right now but I have added a few pics to show how it is going.Before we started removing a wall
fish tank hole
before the drywall goes up
Drywall up and the first layer on.
Edited by knowen87 - March 23 2017 at 11:08pm
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