Glass Cages 180 & 165 dual tank build

[Qwknbad]

Looks cool. I live in Pickerington and am thinking about upgrading to a large Glasscages tank.

I look forward to more updates

You won't be disappointed in one of their tanks, they really are super nice.

 

[Qwknbad]

Monday update after the move.
water has cleared up pretty good, corals are opening up, and the fish seem happy with their new home.

The 25 is housing some rock that will go into the Fowlr tank, and 2 clowns that got downsized. They were the bigger pair, so they are moving to the Fowlr

I also didn’t want my Apex to sit around, so I have it sitting on the counter working with the 25, I didn’t want lines or probes drying out.

 

[Qwknbad]

Where the 2nd tank is going.

 

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[Qwknbad]

Lids just showed up from Octoaquatics. @cromag27 did a fabulous job as always.

 

[cromag27]

nice!!!!

 

[Qwknbad]

Some pics of the inhabitants.

 

[Qwknbad]

Quick little update, I think the tank did a little mini cycle, water was a little cloudy and I had just a hint of ammonia in it. That lasted a couple days, and then the water cleared up, it's crystal clear, and no traces of ammonia. I have .02 phosphates and 0 nitrates. Hoping i get some signs of nitrates before long.

 

[Qwknbad]

Added some under cabinet lights. They have a door sensor on them.

 

[Qwknbad]

ReefSystems in New Albany, OH had their big sale, so I picked up some new corals.

 

[Qwknbad]

Almost forgot about this little guy. Picked him up at ReefSystems too.

 

[Qwknbad]

Worked on under cabinet of the 165 today. Hoping to see the tank in a month maybe. Other than actual plumbing most everything is ready to go. Bought a white sump for this one, so it was different than the 180.

 

[Qwknbad]

One with the controller cabinet.

 

[Qwknbad]

3 weeks in since the move, the new rock scape I built out of dry rock is starting to color up nice. Looks like a hint of coralline on it. It doesn’t blow off, it’s hard.

 

[Qwknbad]

Finished up the recirculating Co2 scrubber on the 180. I bought the Reef Octopus Scrubber and lid for my skimmer. Seems to do a good job, I have the purge valve half open, so it recirculates 50% and pulls 50% fresh air, however the condensation was pooling up in the scrubber, so I gutted a little reactor and made it a catch can. PH is running between 8.30 and 8.38 so I'm happy with that. When the little catch can fills up, I just twist the bottom off and empty it.

 

[Qwknbad]

Added “shroom island”

 

[Qwknbad]

Rocks and softies waiting on the 165 tank to arrive. I guess I can’t call it a fowlr tank, so we will go with predator softy tank.

 

[Qwknbad]

Added some @Aquarocks to the tank today, super cool product, looks like real rocks mounted to the back of the tank. I don't want to scrape the back glass, so I'm going to fill the Aquarocks with coral frags.

 

[Qwknbad]

Full shot of the tank, I thought it was looking pretty good today.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Love seeing the progress for your tank!!!