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180 gallon fowl

Custom built from glass cages. Yellow tang, clown/anenome, goby/pistol shrimp, blue tang, fox face, coral beauty angel, six line wrasse, 3 bengal cardnal, pajama cardinal, royal gamma, cleaner shrimp, boxing shrimp, tuxedo urchin, brittle starfish
Introduction
20 years in the hobby, my first big tank was a project during Covid.
Custom built from glass cages. Yellow tang, clown/anenome, goby/pistol shrimp, blue tang, fox face, coral beauty angel, six line wrasse, 3 bengal cardnal, pajama cardinal, royal gamma, cleaner shrimp, boxing shrimp, tuxedo urchin, brittle starfish

Aquarium Profile and Equipment

What type of saltwater aquarium is this?
FOWLR
Total Water Volume
200
When did you start this tank?
Feb 12, 2020
What is your aquarium made of?
Glass
Aquarium Length (inches)
72
Aquarium Width (inches)
24
Aquarium Height (inches)
24
Aquarium Overflow/Drain
Internal Overflow
Aquarium Sump
YES
Sump Water Volume
39
Aquarium Stand
Wood, custom made from glass cages
Aquarium Controller
YES
Aquarium Controller Make and Model
Apex
Protein Skimmer
YES
Protein Skimmer Make and Model
Not sure
Aquarium Reactors
  1. Carbon
  2. GFO
Return Pump
Apex
What types of equipment are you using for water flow and circulation?
  1. Powerhead
Water Flow and Circulation Equipment List
Gyro
Aquarium Lighting
  1. LED
Lighting Equipment List
Apex and kessil
Dosing Equipment
  1. Other
Dosing Equipment Detail
Use apex dos for all for reef tropic marin
Auto Top Off or ATO
YES
Aquarium Heating and Cooling
  1. I am using a heater or heaters
Water Temperature
78

Aquarium Water Chemistry and Parameters

Salt Brand
Tropic marin
Trace Element Dosing
Tropic Marin all for reef

Aquarium Natural and Mechanical Filtration

Substrate
Sand
Substrate Level
Deep
Live Rock
40
Live Rock Type
Some real, some synthetic
Nutrient Export
  1. Refugium
  2. Protein Skimmer
  3. Filter Roller
  4. GFO
  5. Carbon
Water Changes
YES
Water Change Details
30 gallons every week or 2

Aquarium Tank Inhabitants (fish, coral, invert etc.)

Fish List
  1. Angelfish
  2. Basslet
  3. Cardinalfish
  4. Chromis
  5. Clownfish
  6. Foxface
  7. Goby
  8. Wrasse
Total Fish
10
Coral List
  1. Other
Total Corals
0
Invert List
  1. Anemone
  2. Crabs
  3. Starfish
  4. Shrimp
  5. Snails
  6. Urchin
Total Inverts
12
Livestock Quarantine
  1. No Quarantine

Aquarium Nutrition (fish, coral, invert etc. feeding)

Fish Feeding Frequency
One Daily Feeding
Coral Feeding Frequency
Do Not Feed Coral Directly
Fish and Coral Feeding
  1. Live Food
Auto Feeder
NO

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Sounds like a nice project. You need to post some pics!
 
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Here is the initial 1 year in results. Currently fighting an algae breakout. this video is before things got ugly.


 
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