2 successful tanks from a custom 137 g. to present day 180 g An informative and Pictorial Journey.

[Glenner’sreef]

Join me for interest journey of my previous tank build. A custom made peninsula 137g. At 58 “ long it fit nicely on a wall in our sunk in living room. In just weeks after these photos were taken, (Aug 2020) I began the process of selling the tank and stand. The selling of the corals would completely finance my brand new 180 g. But before I jump to my 180 that has now been up and running for about 7 months, I’d like to take you back on a pictorial journey of the 137g and how I achieved the success that I did with the equipment that I had, the finances that I had and the choices I made. Then the very new and beautiful 180g. with coral colonies that are just starting out.

 

[tinoracha]

The following video is of my previous tank build. A custom made peninsula 137g. At 58 “ long it fit nicely on a wall in our sunk in living room. In just weeks after this footage was taken, (Aug 2020) I began the process of selling the tank and stand. The selling of the corals would completely finance my brand new 180 g. But before I jump to my 180 that has now been up and running for about 7 months, I’d like to take you back on a pictorial journey of the 137g and how I achieved the success that I did with the equipment that I had, the finances that I had and the choices I made. Then the very new and beautiful 180g. with coral colonies that are just starting out.

Sounds awesome! I'd love to see it but the video is not working for me. Maybe it's my end (I'm using Firefox) or maybe its the upload, not sure.

 

[Glenner’sreef]

I think you’re right about the upload. I used my phone to post this. Maybe not the best idea. I’ll reattach the video file (1 minutes and 8 seconds) at home on my computer. Thanks for your patients.

 

[Glenner’sreef]

So I was interested in getting a larger tank back in the summer of 2018. June to be exact. I happened ebe in Discount Aquarium and Reef in Tempe Az. And just inside the door was this peninsula style tank. It was a custom tank made for someone’s house. Of course I asked how much? $200. Good Reef!!! $200 ? I’ll take it. I was determined to build a better stand than my last diy project. The previous stand was for a 120g. It was sturdy but I wanted much more room underneath in the sump area. So off to Home Depot.

 

[Glenner’sreef]

So the 40 gallon breeder (the previous last photo) was also a diy sump kit by Fijicube. I was very impressed with the quality of the craftsmanship. The kit ($125) came with 4 partitions that allowed me to customize my sump, creating chambers that were just right for my equipment. For instance. My return pump was 4”-5” across. So the return pump chamber was created to be just slightly bigger than that. In a lot of premade presized sumps those dimensions are made for you, wasting a lot of space. All I was asked to provide from Fijicube was a 40 gal breeder and silicone. And yes I kept the sump from this 137g and put it under my new 180 g.

 

[Glenner’sreef]

I got the stand built and my used but in very good shape 58” long aquarium put into place. And began to transfer much of what I had in my 120 gallon into the peninsula.

 

[Glenner’sreef]

And so I began to purchase sps corals for the new tank and carefully selected only my favorite softies that would accompany the new and improved sps dominated tank. My wife and I took a trip to California to attend a Reefapalooza 2 years ago to purchase some nice frags for the tank.

 

[Glenner’sreef]

She took pictures, while I had fun!

 

[Glenner’sreef]

Got my live rock placed into the new tank and added the fish. Even a partial cycle was nonexistent.

 

[Glenner’sreef]

So this is how my 137 gal peninsula looked just before I upgraded to my “180”!!!
Obviously, I had some nice coral colonies. Coral colonies that were now worth some serious money. I figured, if I could sell some of these colonies, I could potentially fund a new 180 gal tank and stand.
so I did just that.

 

[Glenner’sreef]

As you can see I have 3 Mars Aqua Black box led lights. From the previous photos of my 137 gal, you can see that with a combination of good water conditions corals grow just fine. You just can’t beat the price!

 

[Glenner’sreef]

Adding new coral frags to replace the ones that I sold to fund the purchasing of my new tank and stand is a lot like starting over. But the corals and fish are doing beautifully. Also as you can see, I purchased a 30” Viparspectra led light. It fits like a glove above my 72” long tank.

 

[Glenner’sreef]

Adding new coral frags along side some of my old favorites. This Gorgonian is close to 20” long. But loving the progress my sps are exhibiting.

 

[DonTavo27]

great job on both tanks, I’ve have most certainly been a huge fan of peninsula style aquariums. It’s goal of mine to have a 200G+ peninsula style aquarium, either dividing a room, or in front of 1 large window Pane the size of the aquarium facing the backyard.

 

[Glenner’sreef]

great job on both tanks, I’ve have most certainly been a huge fan of peninsula style aquariums. It’s goal of mine to have a 200G+ peninsula style aquarium, either dividing a room, or in front of 1 large window Pane the size of the aquarium facing the backyard.

Thanks for the kind words. You’ve obviously got the know how to get to my “build thread” yet it’s not linked to my banner. Do you know if I can link it through Dropbox? Thanks for any help.

 

[DonTavo27]

Announcement - Get a TANK THREAD BADGE and become one of the cool kids!

Your Build Thread Badge is now a LINK to your tank thread! Here is how you add your link and get your badge: 1. Click here to edit the link in your profile: https://www.reef2reef.com/account/account-details 2. Add the URL (link) of your build thread. You can see mine in the example. 3. Save...

www.reef2reef.com

I hope this helps!

 

[Glenner’sreef]

Announcement - Get a TANK THREAD BADGE and become one of the cool kids!

Your Build Thread Badge is now a LINK to your tank thread! Here is how you add your link and get your badge: 1. Click here to edit the link in your profile: https://www.reef2reef.com/account/account-details 2. Add the URL (link) of your build thread. You can see mine in the example. 3. Save...

www.reef2reef.com

I hope this helps!

So yes and no. It doesn’t explain where you get the url in the first place so that I can add it to my badge. Fyi, I manually wrote out my url and it worked as far as showing a build thread badge but it won’t link to it??? The url also has a 6 digit number at the end of it. I obviously don’t need that number to receive a badge but I think I do need it to link it. Your turn

 

[DonTavo27]

So yes and no. It doesn’t explain where you get the url in the first place so that I can add it to my badge. Fyi, I manually wrote out my url and it worked as far as showing a build thread badge but it won’t link to it??? The url also has a 6 digit number at the end of it. I obviously don’t need that number to receive a badge but I think I do need it to link it. Your turn

Let’s call the experts! @Daniel@R2R
@Mods @revhtree

 

[Glenner’sreef]

Let’s call the experts! @Daniel@R2R
@Mods @revhtree

Thanks!!!!!! Did I read somewhere your name is Gus? Either way thanks a bunch for facilitating this. So appreciate it! Have a great evening.

 

[Adrift]

Very nice tanks!