Terry's 180 SPS Peninsula Upgrade

[Terry4505]

Ha!

 

[mcarroll]

I helped take care of a 16 foot tank.....I liked that a lot. ;)

 

[Ortho281]

I think your post got cut off....I only saw up to 10 feet.

Lol!

 

[john.m.cole3]

Just finished reading your build. Awesomeness. what advantages do you feel you have w/ the gyre and returns opposite the overflow? alos are those RW 8s on the overflow side. What mode and inrtensity are you running your powerheads. I like the idea of a room dividing peninsula tank. The missus has already given approval to build when we buy a house.

 

[Terry4505]

Before I had the Gyre and returns on the far end of the tank, there was a lot of surface scum that was building up. I keep the Jebao pumps on pretty low, and the Gyre at like 60%

Update vid:

 

[Alfrareef]

Man... great video!!!
I'll need to watch more times to really capture all the info.
Thanks for the effort you put to doing it.

 

[nitro]

Sweet

 

[Bronc]

Thanks for the update! Very cool that you are going to be able to add another tank in the basement!

 

[Clayton Jessup]

Great update ! That's great about the new tank addition to the system , how big is the new tank going to be another 180g lol ?

 

[Terry4505]

Ideally, it would be bigger. The problem is the cost increases dramatically from a 180 to anything bigger. I could add FOLWR 180 to the system, with a DIY steel stand for thousands less than I could a 8 foot tank. I am going to scour Craigslist and Ebay for used big tanks.

 

[Clayton Jessup]

That's sounds like plan, seems like you have some ideas [emoji362] in the works , can't wait to see what you go with .

 

[Terry4505]

Happy Holidays you guys!

 

[justingraham]

Amazing thanks for the read and merry Christmas

 

[JoshH]

I think your post got cut off....I only saw up to 10 feet.

I think he meant 8-10 feet for the sump, I believe the rule of sum is when stepping up tank sizes you have to quadruple your previous tank. Beautiful current set up though!

 

[Dropped]

I think he meant 8-10 feet for the sump, I believe the rule of sum is when stepping up tank sizes you have to quadruple your previous tank. Beautiful current set up though!

Never knew about that rule :) ... now how do i break this to the misses...

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Looks good!

 

[JoshH]

Never knew about that rule :) ... now how do i break this to the misses...

Well it's the law so it's just something she's going to have to accept

 

[Terry4505]

She really is incredibly supportive. I thank her all the time. You read so many stories of people's spouses giving them a hard time about their tanks.

 

[justingraham]

She really is incredibly supportive. I thank her all the time. You read so many stories of people's spouses giving them a hard time about their tanks.

Hello I read ur whole thread yesterday nice build so I have questions for u as I planed my build with some of the equipment u got rid of
One why did u he rid of the wavs u said u liked them then they were gone
Two why u get rid of the vectra?
Three ur return piping I see is connected with two penductors on the end why did u do the piping that way and how did u decide to hold it up.
I think that's all the questions I can at least remember
Great build very beautiful

 

[Aleks]

Beautiful project. Tank shows excellent dynamics. I decided to also dispense NO3: PO4-X from the Red Sea.
What is now the parameters of the system and how many doses you daily NO3: PO4-X?
Merry christmas and a happy new year.