Aaron’s 180 gallon

Going to pick up my SCOP frag next week from @FarmerTy
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Awesome build! Your corals look amazing! Do you attribute the great coral colors to anything in particular? Have you been dosing Red sea coral colors all along? Definitely following along for this build!
 
It’s been awhile and life happened so I had to break down and sell the tank.
Good news is I’m back in the game and got a new IM 200 peninsula tank.
Undecided if I want to start a new thread or just add it in here. Thoughts?
Here are some pictures of the current state
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Looks like a great new setup. I say keep the thread rolling
 
It’s been awhile and life happened so I had to break down and sell the tank.
Good news is I’m back in the game and got a new IM 200 peninsula tank.
Undecided if I want to start a new thread or just add it in here. Thoughts?
Here are some pictures of the current state
IMG_2646.jpeg
New set up looks great!
 
It’s been awhile and life happened so I had to break down and sell the tank.
Good news is I’m back in the game and got a new IM 200 peninsula tank.
Undecided if I want to start a new thread or just add it in here. Thoughts?
Here are some pictures of the current state
IMG_2646.jpeg
WOW!! That's awesome!!
 
Looks like I have not updated in a while.
So...
Tank now has water and I transferred the rock from a bin I had it cycling in. Everything seems to be going well but I am taking it slow.
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I decided to do a substrate mix of TLF reborn and Oceans direct special grade. I added the sand first to let it settle where it would and then filled in with reborn.
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Picture of the sump setup.
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Original lighting setup that I transferred from the old tank.

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New lighting setup
4 XR30 G4 Pros
3 Xr15 G5 Blues

I plan to add 2-4 66 inch AI Blades long term which you can see the bracket in the photo.

Current tank parameters
Alk 7.0
CA 420
PH 8.2-8.5
P04 .06
Nitrate 9.1
 

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