11F150's 180 Gallon Basement build

[11f150]

Wow... This is an awesome build!

I'm a big do it yourself-er. There is a lot of satisfaction that comes with it.

That being said, I look forward to the day when my build is done with all commercial parts and product.

Great Job!

Great build! I am following

Thanks guys

 

[11f150]

Heres a little video I shot with my phone, not the best kinda hazy. I got out the acrylic sticks and glue and worked on the center rock pyle and made a cave that is accessible to the fish 3-4 different ways. As soon as things settled they were swimming though it right away. In the process of thinking about upgrading my lights. Either going to upgrade my radions to gen 3 pros or get gen 4s.

 

[schooleyosis]

Lookin' good Sir!

 

[najer]

Nice work.

 

[11f150]

Getting some new lighting for the tank. Going with radion g4s. Should be a decent upgrade from my G1s. Today I drained the sump and cleaned the bottom of it. Going to put some small powerheads in the larger chambers of the sump from here on out to make life easier. Ill update later with some pictures.

 

[11f150]

Heres a feeding video and a shot of my water changing station. Also a pic of my sump that I cleaned up today. New Radions should be here Thursday.

 

[schooleyosis]

Great setup with a lot of potential behind it. Can't wait to watch it grow in.

 

[11f150]

@schooleyosis You will have to swing by and come have a few beers and visit the baby. Pretty open next week or whenever you have some free time.

 

[Texas Reefer]

Where do you get acrylic sticks?

 

[11f150]

Where do you get acrylic sticks?

https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/1-4-clear-acrylic-tube-16-long.html

 

[schooleyosis]

@schooleyosis You will have to swing by and come have a few beers and visit the baby. Pretty open next week or whenever you have some free time.

For sure!!! Let's talk once the schedule opens up a bit.

 

[11f150]

G4s are in!

 

[11f150]

New lights are up! Nice upgrade from what I had.

 

[najer]

Nice, looks like great coverage.

 

[11f150]

Upgraded my flow today. Going to have to experiment a little bit to get the right amount of flow. I put (4) Mp40s along the back wall.

Now I gotta figure out where I’m getting micro bubbles from coming into my DT from my returns. Thinking my return pump may need a good cleaning.

#reef2reef, #worldwidecorals, #mywwccontest

 

[11f150]

Well as everyone hates to post this...I have to take all my fish out and QT again. My purple tang has ich. Im going to do a full QT on all my fish again. Once this is done, I probably wont be adding anymore fish and start to focus on coral. The tank will be going fallow for the recommended time. I ordered the hanna checker along with copper power so Im going that route. Thanks to everyone on this forum that posts "how to" articles...it makes everything much easier and we have better results. @HotRocks @Humblefish @4FordFamily

 

[4FordFamily]

Well as everyone hates to post this...I have to take all my fish out and QT again. My purple tang has ich. Im going to do a full QT on all my fish again. Once this is done, I probably wont be adding anymore fish and start to focus on coral. The tank will be going fallow for the recommended time. I ordered the hanna checker along with copper power so Im going that route. Thanks to everyone on this forum that posts "how to" articles...it makes everything much easier and we have better results. @HotRocks @Humblefish @4FordFamily

Sorry for your troubles... but I just noticed your name! I have an F150 about the same age!

Good luck and great combo!

 

[najer]

Hope all goes well with the QT.

 

[bknapp]

Ich sucks! But no doubt you'll beat it. Need anything just let me know.

 

[11f150]

Got all my fish out yesterday with a help of a piece of eggcrate. Only had to take down the very right side of my aquascape.

What I did so far:

-Gave all my fish a 5 min FW dip
-Bath in Ruby Reef Rally for 90 min
-Placed in QT

The fish seem to have responded well for what was done. Going to let the fish calm down for a few days. All my fish except one was already eating a few hours after.

Whats next:

-Probably do a round of Furan 2 for any bacterial infections.
-Prazipro for at least 24 hours
-Run Carbon and 25% water change
- Another round of Prazipro
-Copper