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I have finished building my stand for my 90gallon tank. I am new to the hobby, so the advice from this forum has been great. My questions today are concerning placement of the heater. I have a 20x16x10 (15 gallon) sump. I would like to hide the heater and other equipment in the sump, but the...

I'm getting ready to setup my first SW tank. I just bought 120lbs of sand and now need to get some rocks. My plan was to buy some base rock (ebay has it for $85 for 70lbs) and about 30-40lbs. of live rock. I have read some posts where others mention doing this. Now, the guy at my lfs said...

Sump and cycling help??? I am a newbie to the SW hobby and this is about my third post on the forum. I've been reading a lot of articles and posts as well as reading some books. I bought a 90 gallon with a built in overflow. I also bought a used sump with protein skimmer. From the photo...

Hello, I am a newbie starting a 90gallon saltwater FOWLR tank. My tank has a built in overflow in the rear left corner. I am using a 20 gallon sump. The questions I have are with the plumbing I should use. Is PVC or tubing better? I was leaning towards tubing since I am new at this and...

I'm just setting up my very first SW tank for FOWLR. I bought a 90gallon with built in overflow, and I will be using a 15-20gallon Coralife sump with a Berlin protein skimmer and Rio 2500 pump. My confusion is with the water capacity and flow rate. I have a 2" bulkhead for the overflow and...