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Here are a few photos of our 180g reef tank. It is a recent upgrade, approx 8 months ago, from a 75g we had established for 8 years.
Thanks for looking :) Hope you enjoy!
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thanks! although we cannot take all the credit, a friend of ours Michael (returnofsid) took them for us, he has serious camera skills :)
 
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Our anemones

When we got this one it was so light pink, almost like a highlighter, but after getting destressed, well fed, and some much needed light it is a beautiful rainbow.
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And this is our newest addition, a "SC signature rainbow" its pretty fantastic ;)
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Beautiful tank!
 
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Had a request for the set up, I'll post it all up here just invade anyone is interested.

Skimmer: Eshopps S-200
60g sump
Kalkwasser reactor integrated into the auto top off system.
3 400w halides ran by galaxy select a watt ballasts turned to turbo (+10%) so in theory 440w per light.
2 80w t5 actinics blues
2 mp40es set at 50%
Dart gold for a return pump (upgrading this winter)
3 sea swirls 3/4" outlets
Two heaters one 400w and one 250w set in separate sections of the sump to prevent cross heating.

All the lights are on timers, actinics come on at 845 am and run for 12 hours. Halides come on starting at ten and are staggered every 15 minute. Shut off starting at 7.

Calcium runs around 440-420
Alkalinity around 9-10
Ph around 8.4
Phosphate 0
Nitrate 0
Nitrite 0
Temperature 77.2-77.7 amazingly it actually warms up over night, but with it staying so consistent and close in not going to change it.

No dosing other than the Kalk (Kalk +2) just 40 gallon water changes done weekly.
 

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Wow! Looks Beautiful!! Love your fish!
 
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Update

Picked up a reeflo hammerhead
Opened it up all the way, flow in the tank is so much more turbulent than before, I had to remove two of the three directional outlets on the sea swirls but I feel that it made it that much better. 5500 gph at 0' of head. Easily doubled what the dart was putting out.

Ps, I can edit my own posts now, no idea how happy that makes me. I dislike misspelled words immensely.
 
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