180G Reef Build

#1
Bought this tank back in 2013 and have slowly been getting all the stuff required for it (Minus it sitting in storage for 3 years while I was in South Korea). I finally got it set up in September 2018, let it cycle for 2 months and for the last 2 months have been slowly adding livestock to the tank. Here's my build. Sump design and DIY Rock are my own creations. Let me know what you think

180 Gallon Display

-Fish
Fox Face (Foxy)
Lemon Peel Angel (Lemon)
Hippo Tang (Dory)
Lyretail Anthias (Princess)
Pair of Damsels (Beavis and Butthead)
Snowflake Eel (Snowflake)
-Worth Mentioning
Red and Yellow Hawaiian Feather Duster
Decorator Crab (Spider). Has Spiderman Zoas growing on him after he attached a few polyps to himself.
-Coral
Green Acanthophyllia (Unidentified)
Pulsing Xenia
Green Star Polyps
Spiderman Zoas
Fire and Ice Zoas
Reverse Rosta Zoas
Aviator Zoas
Bubble Gum Pink Zoas
Midnight Express Zoas
Radioactive Zoas
Nirvana Palys
Red Mushroom
Green Mushrooms
Neon Green Florida Ricordeas
Monster Ricordeas
Blue/Pink Ricordeas
Neon Green Polyp Toadstool
Snowball Poly Toadstool
Neon Green Goniopora
Super Green Metallic Goniopora
-Anemones
Rainbow Ultra Rock Flower
Bulls Eye Ultra Rock Flower
A few unidentified Ultras
Acid Washed Green BTA
-Rock
120 lbs Reef Rock
80 lbs DIY Rock
-Sand
120 lbs Hawaiian Black Sand
-Equipment
2x MarsAqua 300w LED Lights
2x 1050-1150 GPH Hydor Koralia Evolution Heads

Sump
-40 Gallon DIY
SCA-302 180 Gallon Protein Skimmer
Rio Plus 1700 Aqua Pump
MarsAqua Dimmable 165W LED
AA Aquarium Green Killing Machine
Finnex Digital Heater Controller with 800 Watt Titanium Tube
40 lbs Black Hawaiian Sand

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#8
makes me want to go back to black sand! looks good
Thank you! It'll look better I think once the rocks are darker and the same color and I get Coraline to grow on the glass in the back and stuff. I have Pulsing Hands set up in a few places around the back of the tank and hoping they'll grow up the back of the glass in time.

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SkyShark

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#9
Thank you! It'll look better I think once the rocks are darker and the same color and I get Coraline to grow on the glass in the back and stuff. I have Pulsing Hands set up in a few places around the back of the tank and hoping they'll grow up the back of the glass in time.

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You can use a magnetic frag disk to get them to grow right on the back of the tank. That way you keep it off the rocks for as long as possible.
 

scmountain

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#10
I have Pulsing Hands set up in a few places around the back of the tank and hoping they'll grow up the back of the glass in time.

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a pulsing Xenia? green star polyp? what is this hands you speak of?
 
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