180g My Final Upgrade

480greefer · Apr 1, 2008

Very nice list of corals Nick... I love the Achilles tang...

nyfireman3097 · Apr 1, 2008

Thanks Bro

your everywhere lol

nyfireman3097 · Apr 2, 2008

Well tested PO4 today
Fish tank 0.05
Rock curing tank 0.06

Gettin there

nyfireman3097 · Apr 4, 2008

Well I decided to call Auariums for you today and ask about the progress of my tank. Well apparently thy had a couple of bad glass shipments recently and are backed up. So the tank that I ordered in January will not be ready until the end of May. I am ticked

nyfireman3097 · Apr 15, 2008

Alrighty then, well the owner has now just gotten back to me. He told me, as of now the tank is on rush. The 5 weeks behind they are now will make my tank delayed still but only 2 weeks not the 5 weeks they originally told me. Also willing to compensate me for a few things that happened due to the delay. I dont know what he has in mind but im waiting to from him again about it. So No def due dae but he said in 3 weeks it will be complete so im guessing May 6th

JuniorMC8704 · Apr 16, 2008

they make some gorgeous tanks. I'm excited to see your new one.

Can we get some details on it? i know its a 180, but what are the dimensions? euro braced? starphire? etc...

thanks

nyfireman3097 · Apr 16, 2008

Thanks FYI all thats in the first line of the thread

It will be four feet long three feet wide two feet tall. All staphire, w/ eurobracing. It will have a LARGE external overflow which will act as a holding tank also for new fish since I have no room for a qt tank anywhere in my tiny lil house

The overflow will be 18"x7"x10"

nyfireman3097 · Apr 25, 2008

Well I got my pick up date today. They Told me it will be done on May 9th and ready for pick up on the 12th Let's see

ReefDoctor · Apr 27, 2008

hehe Excited to see this baby! Holding some sweet stuffsss for you

nyfireman3097 · Apr 27, 2008

SO am I

I cant wait. Chris that a awesome thing your doing also with the donation for the site. I will be becoming a premium member due to it

Hope all is well with work stay safe

ReefDoctor · Apr 28, 2008

You have to be excited! sounds like a Primo Tank!

nyfireman3097 · Sep 30, 2008

Alrighty then...... Well its been a very long time since I updated this. For those of yous that do not know already my tank was never built or delivered. Aquarims for you went out of business took my money and no tank. I was just about to sell off everything when Paul (Kimoyo) Came to me with a offer I couldnt refuse lol. Well he now has his own business Acrylic Imagery. Well out of the kindness of his heart he decided to offer me my tank for cost. (PLEASE DO NOT ASK HOW MUCH THAT WAS) And due o lack of money I have to sell my Dialyseas to pay for everything. Which Im totally ticked off about. But now October 25th @ the NJRC he will be displaying my tank and afterwards droppin it off to me. I had surgery last week to remove a cyst on my tailbone and can not do much so he again offered to bring it to me afterwards. All I can say is he has been amazing to deal with and amazingly generous to help me out like this even though he only knew me threw the last few years from manhattan reefs website. SO Oct. 25th the new tank will be up and started

ahayes13 · Sep 30, 2008

what a shame about the other company, thats just terrible. very nice of paul to help you out so much. well hope you are doing well after the surgery. im sure you are excited to get the tank and cant wait to see it get up and running

nyfireman3097 · Oct 25, 2008

Well I got the tank today

It looks amazing. Unfourtently Paul could not make it to the swap until the end. Please DO NOT ASK FOR PICS lol. I will take a few tomorrow and post them. Now I have to wait for my wood floors to be done this week and I can set this up

Garth Schafluetzel · Oct 26, 2008

yeah it sucks youve had to wait so long and still waiting but i jumped the gun and now i have to go back and raise my stand and replumb everything again urg but cant wait to see it filled

nyfireman3097 · Oct 26, 2008

roshi719 · Oct 26, 2008

I really like that large external overflow

nyfireman3097 · Oct 27, 2008

This is where the tank will be.

I had the Light Set-up diffrent but it would of been to low so I had to take the top off and mount it to the ceiling and it is the perfect height now. I will have a piece of plywood screwed into the ceiling and then the lights into the plywood.

nyfireman3097 · Oct 28, 2008

Well the next step I took was the electrical wall. Right now the fridge is there but it is being moved to the otherside of the kitchen. Then I will be making a 42"x42" closet w/ steel shelves and a 2" drain. It will house all the lighting equiptment, chiller, external skimmer, external return pump, RO/DI, controller, supplements and possibly top off bucket. In the ceiling I have a large panasonic whisper exhaust fan which will be on a timer so that when the lights are on so is it. I also have a 50 pint per day dehumidifer going in it also. There is a 2' opening from this closet to the back of the tank. I decided on this so that the heat from the lights have room to circulate more and the exhaust can pull it out. The electrical wall is made of 3/4" plywood instead of sheetrock. Now I can screw everything to it and not have to worry about hitting a beam

I painted it a waterproofer and I will do the same to the walls and ceiling
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