Luwe's Elos 160XL

[Luwe2008]

Luwe2008;193570]So the Elos 160xl I ordered finally arrived on tuesday morning. I initially planned on a 120 but ended up with a 205 gallon tank. Everything worked out great because my Sfiligoi Hybrid LED/T5 fixture came in the same day. Tuesday however was a family vacation day so we bearly moved in the tank yesterday. It took about 6 guys since the tank weighs about 500 pounds due to the 1/2" glass all the way around and the bottom 1" glass. The funny thing is that Elos makes their tanks full starphire, even the bottom glass. Lol anyways the tank is up and I put the sand and rock in already. I will post some pictures of it later on today and get this build thread started.

 

[Luwe2008]

I hope to fill it up with water also early next week. :]
Sorry I didn't take pictures of it in the crate and unloading it and etc., I was too excited.. lol

Vortech mp60s on the sides..

btw.. the tank looks way bigger in person

 

[Luwe2008]

And here we are 7 weeks later. :]

 

[Luwe2008]

It has been running for about 7 weeks now and I am currently adding in coral slowly. As for fish I have my Snowflake Pair and a Chevron and Orange shoulder tang. All are very small though. All under 3inches.

Here they are. Minus the orange shoulder. I just got him a few days ago.

 

[Luisra]

awesome tank!!! love the rock scape and clean look

 

[Luwe2008]

Thank You! Yeah I want to keep this tank very minimalistic.

 

[myzislow]

very nice setup, loe the snowflakes! wow @ 2 mp60s in that size of tank. Flow will not be an issue thats for sure. I think you could have got away with 2 mp40s on a tank this size but these will certainly work as well haha. Looking forward to seeing it stocked.

 

[Just Jared]

That is a beautifull Tang!!!

 

[FMF0331]

Firecracker firecracker sis boom bah ... More pics ... More pics - rah rah rah

 

[yoshivan]

wooooooo nice fishes are so exotic lol

 

[kungfujoe]

Yeah this is a very nice tank.. Lol elos tanks really have star fire bottoms, that's crazy hahaha

 

[revsgirl]

Lookin' very nice!

 

[skinz78]

Sweet looking setup, I'm looking forward to updates on it!

 

[ToXIc]

Very nice... Now quit being a tease and show us what's inside the cabinet..

 

[Luwe2008]

So, it's been a while since I've updated this thing.
I currently have stock-wise:
My two Snowflakes
Chevron Tang
Purple Tang
2 Neon Gobies
Lawnmower Blennie
AND ADDED YESTERDAY:
Chocolate Tang
Hippo Tang

So far there is a little quarreling but all seem to be holding up well to the bossy Chevron. Since yesterday the Hippo has been fighting back but the chocolate was running scared. So I shut down all my light early and let them go to sleep. This morning when the lights came on on their own, the chocolate was holding his ground against the Chevron and showing no fear of him at all. They bugg each other a little bit and then go off to their own.

And as for the purple tang, LOL! He just doesn't know who to be friends with!
Since I added him in, he has been a close buddy with the chevron, staying close by and grazing algae along side him. Now, he following everyone and trying to be buddies with the other two tangs. He's the smallest tang and has never showed any aggression at all since I've picked him up.

 

[Luwe2008]

Here is a quick video-
[video=youtube_share;KOIQ6P1_0iQ]http://youtu.be/KOIQ6P1_0iQ?hd=1[/video]