HB AL'S 180G upgrade/build, replacing my 90G

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Looks fantastic!
 
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Pulled all the corals, separated the base rock from the big flattish rocks and now just need to scape it. I have no plan of exactly what I want, just gonna start piling up the base rocks and go from there.
Here's some pics of the tank at the moment and the corals which survived the transfer from a month ago which I was presently surprised I had somewhat minimal losses
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compared to how bad it could have gone suffering with huge losses. Although really my main goal was to hopefully not lose any of my prized fish which was 100% successful. Will post up some pics in a couple hours of the finished product.
 
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@HB AL how's the reef doing?
 
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@HB AL how's the reef doing?
Been working alot but the "reefing's" doing good. An update is due so.... the Crosshatch triggers can't happen right now so I added another trigger of course, a baby Undulated(that's 7 triggers now), a Red Sea Broomtail Wrasse(becoming my favorite fish). And I forgot I added a Japanese Dragon Eel yesterday! Heres a vid from a few days ago. I guess it's my crazy version of a predator reef tank.

 

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Been working alot but the "reefing's" doing good. An update is due so.... the Crosshatch triggers can't happen right now so I added another trigger of course, a baby Undulated(that's 7 triggers now), a Red Sea Broomtail Wrasse(becoming my favorite fish). And I forgot I added a Japanese Dragon Eel yesterday! Heres a vid from a few days ago. I guess it's my crazy version of a predator reef tank.


Really trying to see that dragon eel ! That’s awesome
 
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Really trying to see that dragon eel ! That’s awesome
Right now hes chilling out deep in the rocks as he had a good meal last night. I will try and get a pic or vid. When I feed my fish if he's hungry he'll come out, then it's like a fire drill, run to the fridge and get some food in him before he grabs a fish during his frenzied state, it's pure comedy.
 
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No, I've owned many different types in 35+ years of keeping aquatic animals. I was actually planning on getting a large Snowflake eel but I got a call from the owner of one of the lfs's I go to letting me know that he had picked up some eels including the large snowflake i was waiting for. So when I got there he shows me my large Snowflake but tells me to check out the other eels before buying the Snowflake. So before I could even ask how much$$$ he gives me my price which was to good to refuse for such a cool creature.
 

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Very cool! Who made the tank?
Have you lost anything while transferring?
 
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Tank is an Aqua Japan. My only real goal after the transfer was to not lose any of my fish, mission accomplished. As far as corals go I did suffer some losses but sold the good stuff just before the transfer, gave some away and a friend is holding on to some. The only type of coral that I experienced losses on were acropora as I was expecting.
 

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Looking great!!
 
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