Hello from Montreal's south shore

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thats my dog telling me where he wants the tank to be




the first water leak test...still remember the fear!
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the first iteration of the fish room.
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thats my fish room as it is, in all its glorious mess, multiple addons and modification. But still very functional
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Welcome to the R2R community and family
 
Hello, Im a french canadian from near Montreal (so excuse my english if its not perfect). My career is in telecom/IT. Been in the marine aquarium for about 6 years, been on this forum for 2 year, mostly stalking, not talking a lot. Thought it was time to show my tank to people, since most of your posts helped me build my tank. So started with a 35gal , and soon got too small. So when I bought my house 4 years ago, it was a deal with my wife that I had to have space for a "real" tank. So bought a house with unfinished basement; that was perfect. Fitted the 180gal tank first on its stand, then built the basement around it. Everything is not perfect, but I did 99% of the work with my own hands, so its good enough for me.
-here is a very young tank with dry rocks dating febuary 2018-
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-tank dating december 2018-
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-july 2019-
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-here is the tank this morning after I just plugged in my new calcium reactor, thats why it is a bit cloudy-
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-and here is a picture from my fish room-
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Looks awesome! :cool: Hoping to do it like this one day as well!

Welcome to the R2R community and happy reefing!!

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and that is because, even when in the bathroom, I cant live without my reef ! I ordered an auto tainting film to put on the glass on this side to have some intimacy when necessary.
 
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Latest update from my tank. Had to break that huge red monty cap on the left, was blocking all sun on a 2 feet diameter all around. First idea was to break it in pieces, bleach and reuse as Carx media, but on second guess, decided to make it as a back wall. Not sure if I like it or not...I had ordered some smart film to test for bathroomwindow on the reef....looks like its a fail. The light make it almost opaque when it should be clear (its working perfectly when not on tank)....so, I am not sure what I should do about that bathroom window...shades or curtain? I find both option ugly...if someone has an idea, it would be appreciated.
 
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Hello, Im a french canadian from near Montreal (so excuse my english if its not perfect). My career is in telecom/IT. Been in the marine aquarium for about 6 years, been on this forum for 2 year, mostly stalking, not talking a lot. Thought it was time to show my tank to people, since most of your posts helped me build my tank. So started with a 35gal , and soon got too small. So when I bought my house 4 years ago, it was a deal with my wife that I had to have space for a "real" tank. So bought a house with unfinished basement; that was perfect. Fitted the 180gal tank first on its stand, then built the basement around it. Everything is not perfect, but I did 99% of the work with my own hands, so its good enough for me.
-here is a very young tank with dry rocks dating febuary 2018-
tank feb 2018.jpg

-tank dating december 2018-
tank dec 2018.jpg

-july 2019-
tank july 2019.jpg

-here is the tank this morning after I just plugged in my new calcium reactor, thats why it is a bit cloudy-
tank march 2020.jpg

-and here is a picture from my fish room-
fish room.jpg
Welcome to R2R
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IF YOU HAD TO TAKE A REEFING EXAM, WOULD YOU PASS?

  • Yes!

    Votes: 32 45.7%
  • Not yet, but I have one that I want to buy in mind!

    Votes: 9 12.9%
  • No.

    Votes: 26 37.1%
  • Other (please explain).

    Votes: 3 4.3%
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