This is a cross post with another forum, I wanted to post it here too because reading Guaiac_boy's journal made me determined to try out a really big tank... so here it is!
Before showing, first, a BIG thank you to GWAPA. Couldn't have done it without you guys, thank you for all of the learning in the past year, all of the coaching, and all of the help in the layout and planting of this monster, too.
Been up for a week. Had to do a huge water change yesterday because of some inline plumbing mistakes, hehe, but so far so good. Water is staying a little cloudy, I think it is green water waiting to explode...
Specs:
180g AGA Reef Ready tank.
2 TEK 6x39w T5 fixtures, running 8 of the 12 bulbs 9 hours a day
Pressurized CO2, 20 lb tank and Milwaukee regulator
Fed into inline loop powered by a MAGDrive 9.5
Filtration via Eheim 2260
Mineralized soil substrate capped with 3M T grade sand and 3M Accent Stone
I have yet to even think about fertilizing this tank. The mineralized soil substrate method has been used in the club many times now, and has many times resulted in tanks barely needing water column ferts, so, it is a wait and see for now.
Plants consist of:
"Low grow" Hygro
Hygrophile Corymbosa Angustifolia
Crypt Balansae
Crypt Spiralis
Crypt Parva
Crypt Wendtii 'Green Gecko'
Crypt Lucens
Crypt Willissii
Anubias Barteri
Anubias Barteri nana
Anubias Lanceolata
Bolbitis Heudulotti (sp)
Pogostemon Stellatus
Echinodorus Vesuvius
Tank shot:
Green Gecko and Lanceolata:
Center section, Anubias, Lutea, Low Grow Hygro, Parva
Echinodorus Vesuvius:
180g start 
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