180G Tank Pics

[esmithiii]

See some pics of my 180G tank. It has been up for almost 3 months, and I used water, sand and rock from my 2 yr old 55G.

[ October 20, 2001: Message edited by: esmithiii ]

 

[Carpentersreef]

Looks great! Is that a coke bottle in the back left corner?

Mitch

 

[esmithiii]

Yes, a coke bottle. I am from Atlanta, so its kinda appropriate. It is completely covered in coraline Algae.

E

 

[bigtank]

Cool! Looks really bright too.

 

[Anonymous]

Is that an engine cylinder valve on the monitor in the foreground?

 

[SPC]

E, looks great, any problems with heat with your lights that high?
Steve

 

[Circa]

Hey man I like the tank its very nice, how many pounds of LR is in there? And how much live sand if so what kind?

Finally what kind of lights are you running?

Thanks,
Circa

 

[Anonymous]

Your tank looks great. Congradulations.
I really like the look of your stand & hood. Make them yourself?

 

[Merkur]

i thought i was the only one with a intake valve sitting on his monitor. I have a couple valves springs hanging out too. now i'm dsl, but they used to be great toys while waiting for webpages at 56K

and the tank looks great! are you going to close in the stand?

 

[esmithiii]

Steve:

As long as the air temp in the room stays under 78F, the temp in the tank doesn't get over 84F.

Cheese: Exhaust valve from 89 Honda. I also have a rotor from a wankel engine out of an RX-7 I used to own, along w/ a fan blade out of a pratt and whitney turbofan, a milled aluminum propeller (4') long, a nut and bolt from a hydraulic tail goosneck trailer (can be seen in the picture beside the valve), part of a composite body panel from a Citation X and sundry other paraphenalia from my tinkerings and my professional life.

Moe_K:

Made them myself, but neither is finished.

Circa:

Don't know how many pounds, but it probably anywhere from 160 to 200 lbs. The liverock is 270 lbs fiji on a pvc frame so it looks like there is more than there really is.

Lighting: 2x400W iwasaki 6500K and 2x96W PC actinic (but one bulb burned out after the first month!) I will be adding a third MH lamp and two more 96W PC actinics.

 

[Circa]

That is a very cool tank indeed.

 

[esmithiii]

Thanks for the responses! I hope to add some SPS in 6 months or so.

E

 

[Lknapp]

How many pounds of live sand and what kind?

 

[esmithiii]

the sand is Southdown and some sand from an established tank. 160-200 lbs.

Ernie