Dustin's 180 gallon peninsula aquarium (input wanted)

[Evilweevil]

Hey Dustin welcome back ! Me and my girlfriend bought some fish and clams off of you when you shut down before , having a saltwater store in Red deer is hard on the pocket book but I'm glad there is a good one here finally!

[dustinc]

That's awesome! How are they all doing? Which fish did you get from me?

[Myka]

Looking good so far. That's great that you're using quarantine and prophylactic treatment protocols. Where did you get the CP from (if you can say, pm me if you want, I'm looking for a source)? I love peninsula tanks, other than you can never get a clean looking photo because the room behind is always visible through the tank. I've cheated before and pinned up a black or blue blanket before taking photos.

Since you're looking for input - I'd suggest you break up your rock scape to be 3 piles, and they should all be different sizes than each other. You will get a more pleasing look this way. Either that or make one much bigger pile, and one much smaller.

Originally Posted by dustinc

This should translate to
1.026
Cal 526
Alk 9.5 dKH
Mag 1427

What do you mean by this part?

[dustinc]

The cp is from Amazon it's new life spectrum ick powder, cured what ever my clownfish had ( ether brook or ick)


The rocks are cemented together so I'll just add some to the one pile

[dustinc]

And I haven't tested the water at 1.026 but that's a rough estimate using 4% increase per .001

[Evilweevil]

We got the butterfly ,mandarin , goby , and tang and clams , we just lost a clam I think he must have gotten stung by the anemone ? Because he went fast and the other clam is still looking great and has a little glass shrimp living in it ,the mimic tang is doing super and the others not so well one got his head stuck in a rock , the goby went carpet surfing and one met a power head , so not a great track record there lol but the mimic is fat and happy
Love your tank it looks great I have a 180 peninsula being made also I'm definitely going to be following along ! What's your plans to cover in your stand ? Also do you have all the equipment you need ? I have a ton of extra stuff mp40s skimmers and two large sumps also

[dustinc]

I believe I have all the equipment I need, I'm very impressed with the rw-20s I received, they flow like a mp60 so I'm good in that department, I made my own sump out of a 55g and made a ATO out of a 90 cent float switch. And my curve a9 should be here Tuesday

[dustinc]

Well I''m nearly done! just a bit of electrical to clean up and then to start finding frags!

I went with barn board paneling on the stand but I think I might end up re-doing it and painting dark brown it to match my wall




So far I'm happy with the sump, the socks are easy to change, although the Curve skimmer is louder than I expected



So far I'm just dosing Vinegar and Alk, calcium is still higher than I'd like thanks to my salt having 520ppm

[Shaun]

A bit of sway may not be that bad when the "big one" hits BC.

[dustinc]

I messed up posting pictures and didn't set them to shared... I'll try this agian

Well I'm nearly done! just a bit of electrical to clean up and then to start finding frags!

I went with barn board paneling on the stand but I think I might end up re-doing it and painting dark brown it to match my wall




So far I'm happy with the sump, the socks are easy to change, although the Curve skimmer is louder than I expected



So far I'm just dosing Vinegar and Alk, calcium is still higher than I'd like thanks to my salt having 520ppm