Reno 180

AquaScott · May 9, 2018

Hi. I have been lurking around the forums quite a bit, just never participated until now. I have been reefing for about 12 years. Got my first bit of live rock from a friend and my obsession grew from there. I still have that rock and some of the first corals I put in the tank (a euphyllia, and a tubinaria) that have grown considerably. Overall, I'd say it's an sps dominated, with a good mix of lps, zoas, a couple gorgonians, a couple chalice, a couple acans, and a couple clams. Most of the rock is fresh from florida so it came with all kinds of halimeda, sponges, corals, and good stuff. All the fish I have, I've had for five years or less. Yellow tang, lyretail anthias, christmas wrasse, 6 chromis, orange stripe goby, peppermint shrimp, cleaner shrimp, and a spiny urchin that came on some LR. The tank is a 180 gallon Elite with dual overflows. The plumbing is home-built by me. The sump is a cpr aquatics wet-dry filter with dual protein skimmers and a home built refugium plumbed into it. The refugium is fed by one of the overflows. I have some halimeda and some red macroalgae growing in the refugium, which flows into the last chamber in the sump. The return pump is an external reeflo snapper, wide open. The tank also has the hydor ATO and wave maker and the digital aquatics reefkeeper controller as well as a JBJ arctica chiller. Lighting is from (2) 250 watt cayman sun MH's. I would love to share some pics if I could fugure out how to do it. If anybody could steer me in the riggt direction, that would be great. I don't get a lot of feedback here from my wife, haha. I would love to chat with some of you folks who share the same affinity for the hobby as I do.

Chrisfish · May 10, 2018

Welcome to R2R, you’ve come to the right place

LBReefer · May 10, 2018

Welcome. I’ve found sharing pics to be easier from the mobile app, if that’s any help.

NY_Caveman · May 10, 2018

Welcome to R2R!

AquaScott · May 10, 2018

LBReefer said:
Welcome. I’ve found sharing pics to be easier from the mobile app, if that’s any help.

Thank you LBreefer. I think I'll download the app and try that. Using the full site, even just typing feels and looks a little fishy on the phone. Hahaha

mike werner · May 10, 2018

welcome scott,i hope ya get that pic thing figured out.wish I could help but I just went from a flip phone to a smart one two weeks ago.I thought the learning curve on a reef tank was hard.it took 3 days to figure out how to answer the darn thing.anyway can't wait to see some pics.

AquaScott · May 10, 2018

Hahaha! I think you'll find typing much easurr now.

AquaScott · May 10, 2018

AquaScott said:
Hi. I have been lurking around the forums quite a bit, just never participated until now. I have been reefing for about 12 years. Got my first bit of live rock from a friend and my obsession grew from there. I still have that rock and some of the first corals I put in the tank (a euphyllia, and a tubinaria) that have grown considerably. Overall, I'd say it's an sps dominated, with a good mix of lps, zoas, a couple gorgonians, a couple chalice, a couple acans, and a couple clams. Most of the rock is fresh from florida so it came with all kinds of halimeda, sponges, corals, and good stuff. All the fish I have, I've had for five years or less. Yellow tang, lyretail anthias, christmas wrasse, 6 chromis, orange stripe goby, peppermint shrimp, cleaner shrimp, and a spiny urchin that came on some LR. The tank is a 180 gallon Elite with dual overflows. The plumbing is home-built by me. The sump is a cpr aquatics wet-dry filter with dual protein skimmers and a home built refugium plumbed into it. The refugium is fed by one of the overflows. I have some halimeda and some red macroalgae growing in the refugium, which flows into the last chamber in the sump. The return pump is an external reeflo snapper, wide open. The tank also has the hydor ATO and wave maker and the digital aquatics reefkeeper controller as well as a JBJ arctica chiller. Lighting is from (2) 250 watt cayman sun MH's. I would love to share some pics if I could fugure out how to do it. If anybody could steer me in the riggt direction, that would be great. I don't get a lot of feedback here from my wife, haha. I would love to chat with some of you folks who share the same affinity for the hobby as I do.