George's 180g peninsula reef tank

George · #1 01-09-2011, 06:37 PM

First is the main piece, the tank and the stand. I had been looking for a used tank and stand for a while before I settled on a brand new set up. First of there weren't that many (true) used peninsula tanks for sale. A few that for sale were in not that good shape. I bit the bullet and purchased a new tank and a new stand.
It is a standard Aqueon (All glass) 180g, 6'x2'x2', with mission style stand. It wasn't drilled. I had the LFS drilled 2 holes on one side for me. It is intended as a peninsula style tank (room divider), therefore I had the holes drilled on the side.

Dez · #2 01-09-2011, 10:26 PM

This looks nice. I have a few angels in my sps dominated tank and I have been quite happy with it. I'm sure you'll be happy as well. I look forward to seeing the progress of this build.

2pts · #3 01-09-2011, 10:29 PM

Jealous.

Curious where you picked up the tank?

Lance · #4 01-09-2011, 10:43 PM

Have you looked at the deep-water angels in the Genicanthus sp.? They are more reef safe and less aggressive than some of the others. Maybe not as eye-catching as say a Regal or Majestic but some of them are quite nice. I particularly like the Bellus Angels. I have a Lamarck's in my reef and it has never touched a coral.

George · #5 01-10-2011, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Lance

Have you looked at the deep-water angels in the Genicanthus sp.? They are more reef safe and less aggressive than some of the others. Maybe not as eye-catching as say a Regal or Majestic but some of them are quite nice. I particularly like the Bellus Angels. I have a Lamarck's in my reef and it has never touched a coral.

hehehe, Genicanthus, eh

I have a pair of lamarck (both female for now, heopfully one will turn into a male) in my current tank. They both are nipping at my brain coral and my green birdsnest. So there are no true reef safe angelfish.
Yeah, I like bellus too. I plan to have a pair in my new tank. If I can find a couple healty ones to begin with. LFS had some from time to time. Not healthy at all. Some had decompression issues. Some were very thin.

George · #6 01-10-2011, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by 2pts

Jealous.

Curious where you picked up the tank?

J&L

George · #7 01-10-2011, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Dez

This looks nice. I have a few angels in my sps dominated tank and I have been quite happy with it. I'm sure you'll be happy as well. I look forward to seeing the progress of this build.

thanks! I am happy. The tank is as big as I can fit into the area (room divider). Any longer it will be a wall cutting off the 2 areas.

mseepman · #8 01-11-2011, 12:32 AM

Looking forward to seeing this tank develop. Peninsula tanks can be so amazing once they are going.