Round 2 of my 180!

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  1. Dadsdailydriftr

    Dadsdailydriftr Astrea Snail

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    Soooo my previous built was going great, and for years I haven't had a QT tank... And unfortunately here is where I messed up and learned the hard way... Hints why I'm starting this post... I caught the marine velvet! *dun dun daaaaaaaaa* so after bleaching and rinsing and bleaching and vinegar and rinsing I'm ready for round 2! This time I have replaced all the sand, new backdrop (here's a picture of my daughter playing with the scraps), and put in my sterile rocks. I'm going with a low profile open tank this time. So here are some pictures while I make salt water over night and get it mixing all day tomorrow!
     

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  2. Matt Rogers

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    Sorry to hear about your troubles. Looks like a nice clean start here though. How big is that tank?
     
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  3. Corailline

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    Great beginnings. So you're mainly a fish guy? That is a big tank with a lot of swimming room.
     
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  4. Dadsdailydriftr

    Dadsdailydriftr Astrea Snail

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    Thank you everyone!
    The dimensions are 72x48x48 180 gallons, 55gallon custom baffled sump with fuge.
    Yea I have a one-year-old daughter that loves watching them swim around, with the Aqua scape I had they all were hidden to where she couldn't see. And my goal is to cover the Aqua scape I have in corals :)
     
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  5. dienerman

    dienerman Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone

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    Keep posting your progress! Nice to see you getting the kids involved early!! Great was to justify purchases! "But honey, its for the kids!" :D
     
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  6. oldfishkeeper

    oldfishkeeper Giant Squid

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    tank looks great! congrats on the restart! so sorry to hear about the reason for it though :(
     
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  7. Dadsdailydriftr

    Dadsdailydriftr Astrea Snail

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    Oh yea, my daughter was helping me push the barrel into the living room to start filling the tank lol. Thankfully I don't have to justify it, my girlfriend is obsessed with the hobby and she's the one spending all my money at the lfs lol.
    It's all good, sadly I have to start all over but now I get to do something different and switch it up :)
     
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    Dadsdailydriftr Astrea Snail

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    image.jpg image.jpg image.jpg image.jpg My 13 month old princess helping me full the tank :)
     
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  9. Todd_Sails

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    Looking good. I hope that HUGE rock resting against the overflow is stable?

    Did you mean the dimensions are 72" x 24" x 24" = standard 180g?
     
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    Dadsdailydriftr Astrea Snail

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    Yea it's stable I drilled holes and zip tied them together in the back :) and yes you're correct I shouldn't work and 3reef at the same time lol it is 72x24x24
     
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