Andrew's 180 Gallon Challenge

Andrew.oh17 · Nov 28, 2017

New house = new tank. Upgraded from a 92 gallon corner tank to a 180 gallon 72lx24wx24h tank. Really excited to get it up and running. Stay tuned.

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glb · Nov 28, 2017

Nice! Make sure to start a build thread so we can follow your progress!

Andrew.oh17 · Jan 11, 2018

Added the stand last month. Rubbermaid sump is in the basement.

Finished filling and adding the fish that were at a friends house while we moved. Much more room for these tangs to swim!

Now time to add some coral!

nautical_nathaniel · Jan 11, 2018

So much room for activities!

Andrew.oh17 · Jan 11, 2018

Here’s a better view of the fish in the tank. Looks bare without any coral.

Andrew.oh17 · Mar 7, 2018

Just finished a canopy build - added T5 retro fit lighting to my Maxspect Razor light.

Still not much coral except for that lonely gorgonia.

Andrew.oh17 · Mar 20, 2018

One of the oldest fish in my tank.

PacoPetty · Mar 28, 2018

Very nice!

Andrew.oh17 · Apr 27, 2018

Feeding time!

#reef2reef, #worldwidecorals,#mywwccontest

Andrew.oh17 · Dec 11, 2018

My Reeflo Swordtail stopped working this past weekend and I was lucky enough to quickly find one on eBay used. I took some time to re-plumb some of the lines going up to my DT upstairs so here's a quick photo of what I did.

In my previous tank I had a check valve that I used to stop any back flow in case of a power outage. Since I've upgraded to the 180 I've got an overflow and don't need to worry about it(as much)...so I removed the check valve. I didn't realize just how much flow I had been losing because of it. Excuse the mess in the above photo - I took this just before turning on the pump for the first time and did a lot of cleanup afterwards to get things back in order. The flow was so great that the return was overflowing my refugium and I had to quickly reroute it.

Next phase: setting up a manifold for the return(and returning all of the unused PVC)!

Andrew.oh17 · Feb 13, 2019

Well, lots going on since my last post:

new swordtail pump
new frag tank
new skimmer
dedicated water changing area

I'll post some photos in the coming days, it's been a busy start to 2019!

Andrew.oh17 · Feb 24, 2019

Here's a few recent photos from today. Experimenting with the camera.

Andrew.oh17 · Oct 25, 2019

It's been awhile since I've posted some pictures - here's a long horned cowfish and fowleri tang we've had for about six months now!

The red algae is gone from the below picture(photo a few months old) - the next hurdle is an aiptasia infestation, but I've just received 13 berghia from Salty Underground and a filefish that I've added to our 180 DT, 55 gallon refugium, and the 60 gallon holding tank. We'll see how things shape up.