James983 180 build

[MIKE NY]

been following your build everything is looking good!

 

[James983]

Thanks Mike! It's been a long haul coming back, but it's nice to have a tank again.

 

[James983]

This is a pic of my Mangroves. Getting good root growth, but no leaves yet. I have been told it could take several months before leaves grow.

I put some black egg crate in sump to keep the cheato and other macros seperate from the Mangroves.

 

[editour2]

Looking good Jim.
Frank

 

[fishman1069]

Thats a really nice setup! Love the way you did the 2 islands!!

 

[James983]

Thanks Frankie and Fishman. I'm a big fan of less is more regarding LR in the DT.

 

[James983]

Here's a look a my Superman frag

 

[James983]

Here's a shot of my Golden Torch.

Just bored waiting for the game.

 

[rstimeout]

looking good keep it going

 

[James983]

Been a while since I posted any updates. Just a few shots of my corals and fish.

 

[James983]

A few more.......

 

[pauliwalnuts]

Nice additions. Someone has good taste in coral, lol.
Btw, the sunset monti looks like it can be lowred to the bottom or even on the sand bed.

 

[James983]

Thanks Paulie! You think the Sunset will get deeper red if I drop it a bit? It's already 3/4 down in tank.

I actually picked up another frag at NERAC yesterday from Jason Fox. Supposed to be the "Original" Sunset Monti. The base is a deep red with small green polyps. He said to blast it with light. It's a small frag so I'll have to see how it does.

 

[allenjj]

Great Build

Very cool build and beautiful new additions. I am in the process of a slow 180 gallon build as well and would love to see some additional pics of your sumps including the one in the stand. Am trying to get ideas for my new build. I see many folks using mangroves in sumps as well and wonder what the advantages are to using them in addition to macro algae?
John

 

[btldreef]

looks good. i have pretty much same fish you do. i can't wait to get my 180g going.
i might have to jump on the mangrove bandwagon.

 

[James983]

Thanks allen and btldreef. I would recommend getting Mangroves with leaves already. I purchased the Magrove pods from Reefcleaners.com and while they have grown many roots, I have no leaves!

Also, as far as nutrient export I have read that we are better off using cheato.

 

[allenjj]

Mangroves

Cheato seems to be what I have read is most helpful in the filtering. Was just wondering if there are any other reasons to include the mangroves.

 

[James983]

Just wanted to show a few new shots from my tank.

This little guy is a wild Aussie Blue Echinata. It's small, but the picture does not do it justice. In the backround is a Original Strawberry Shortcake frag.



This guy is a Superman Monti Digitata.

 

[James983]

I was about to give up on Mangroves but almost 4 months later they are finally sprouting some leaves.

 

[Ryanr1212]

wow you got a great set up going. i like how you got the sump on the floor below. i feel like it makes everything less noisy and a lot easier to work with