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I have one and it looks nice. It eats silver sides It is close to the top, under my 250watt HM bulb with its foot deep in the rock.

Mine has randomly leaked 3 times. Not sure why. I bought and replaced all of the seals. I think I might have had a bit of pressure on the hose, it was pushing on the quick change assembly.

I found the live sand online to be about 1/2 the price as my LFS. I bought all of mine online

I was looking for a prebuilt unit. There are many options for this type of tank. But most of the "brighter" ones are 15" wide. These include PC/T5 and MH The ones that will fit within the 12" are only PC or T5 4 bulb units. I am not sure if this would be enough light I was thinking an...

I bought some live sand from the 2 major sellers off ebay. They sand was exactly the same - probably the same source It was the larger grainy type... but it seemed "fresh" to me.

I bought a 250w heater. I didn't pay attention to the length. I was planning on putting this in my 30gal aquarium (sump) for 120gal This thing is too long to put in the refug section, I am afraid it will stick out of the water. I was trying to avoid putting anything extra in the 120gal tank...

I plan on building my own hood and lighting. I have been reading up on it, but am still a bit confused. I have a 120gal tank I am trying to set up. I plan on lots of live rock and would like to try inverts at some time... I see the different light options that people use... Is their a faq or...

I ordered my RO DI unit. I also bought a float valve for auto top offs... I plan on putting in some inline valves on the water line, as I don't trust the float valve. Should I position the vavle to cut the pressure before the RO DI unit? Or should I have the valve after the unit, to keep the...

Thanks... I ordered a RO DI unit...

no... I ment to say that I will branch my overflow line into the skimmer and refuge. The return pump will go direct to the tank.

I will put a tee and a ball valve in my return line. Branching to my skimmer and my refuge. So the skimmer is now in the center of the sump? refuge to the left, and pump area to the right. Baffles between the skimmer and pump area... Is there anything else in the refuge that I should have...

I will be draining and removing my old 75gal freshwater tank to make room for my new 120gal SW tank. Is it generally ok to use this water in the SW tank? Or should I start with all new water?

Great link! I need to read all of it. I have already started looking for an overflow. There are styles and many brands to choose from. I have been trying to search and see what people like. But they are all about the same. I guess I want one with a U tube

Nothing is plumbed yet... I can move things around without a problem. How do I maintain the lower flow rate in the refuge? I plan on using it for seaweed and stuff. I have seen this in someone else's tank. Supposed to help out the tank I have already found and looking into the overflow box...

I have some photos of my plans... Any suggestions? I am attaching some sketches of what I plan on doing. I will be buying some lexan to make baffles

How did your test go?? I am looking to try the same thing

I have been reading about setting up the sump tank, but I am still a bit confused. I plan on using a plain glass tank for my sump - no dividers. I suppose I should maintain the water level in the sump to prevent any overflows. If my retun pump fails, I should set my upper syphon level to suck...

I have all this used stuff.. I am trying to figure it out. Large skimmer sits in the bottom tank Large skimmer has 250g/h pump near the bottom The pump has an air inlet for a bubbler This sucks water from sump tank into the skimmer I understand how and why on this set up. I have another 740g/h...

So I won't be getting glass covers then... I will be building the top, so I can make it as high as I want. Don't I want to slow the evap rate down??

I would guess 4-6 inches?? What ever is normal for a hood

I currently have a 75gal FW and 38gal SW tank All fish, nothing fancy... I picked up a used 120gal tank with 20gal sump tank (plain glass tanks) I have some misc items that came with it, but I need some additional stuff.. I have a skimmer that will sit in the 20gal sump. Neither of the tanks...

I have to figure out the lighting for my new tank... I plan on buiding a wooden hood with internal lights. Do I need to have glass tops? Then the hood?