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I am no expert... But... I've been down the road for the last year trying to go the "Cheaper" route. I bought a 30g. tank with a HOB AquaClear 70 filter, live rocks, live sand, and fish. Long story short, don't do it. And I would NEVER want to discourage you from going with the canister filter...

Thanks for the info. And I will be sure to post pics of the tank and build. I am still just researching and getting a few final things together for the tank. It will be this Saturday before I am able to get the stand built.

I don't know the answer.... And I'm not high jacking your post... But I have the same question... Hope someone can chime in!

As I move toward setting everything up, I am debating doing a deep sand bed. But not sure, any insight??

Merry Christmas! To me and my fiancee! We decided to go in half and buy the Deep Blue Professionals 65g. tank. Also today, I received my Trigger Systems 30s Sump in the mail. All that's left for hardware is building the stand and getting a protein skimmer... I am hoping at the beginning of...

What are people's opinions about the Trigger Systems Sumps???

What's the price on the aqua c? And size?

I was thinking of going with a reef octopus skimmer in sump. I just ordered the Trigger Systems Crystal 30s sump. Merry Christmas to me! So the next thing I will need is skimmer and then tank.

Skimmer for a 55g reef tank???

While everyone is chiming in I am going to give my .02 cents. It wasn't long ago that I was new here, no knowledge, no experience. I had purchased a tank, filter, rocks, and rocks. I treated my water, let it run for 24 hours, and guess what? Bought fish. I was unlearned. I came here to learn. I...

I am still sticking with a 55g tank. What's a good skimmer???

Scratch everything! I'm selling the 55 I have now and just going to buy me a Reef Ready, Pre-Drilled tank from my LFS.

100% silicone. Got it. If this tank turns out to be tempered, what's the best overflow box???

If it helps, my tank was made by O'Dell. I know their out of business and have been for a long time. But I've read that back in their hay day they were well built tanks. It's heavy, I know that.

I'm gonna talk to a guy I know who is a glass specialist and see if he can tell me for sure if it is or not. Mine is not marked. In the meantime I am going to get it cleaned up really well and reseal the bottom just in case. Should I use regular silicone or aquarium sealant?? And what does...

Just rinse everything with water and let air dry. Your filter should be MORE than enough which is good.

Any thoughts??? I am also wanting to know if anyone has ever ordered live rock from liveaquaria.com???

I have a way to figure out if my sides are tempered. If they are not I am going to have a local hardware store drill them. I am also NOT getting the Aqueon ProFlex, but rather the Trigger Systems Crystal 36s Sump. I need to know what Protein Skimmer to get. This system is going in my bed room so...

I will come back to drilling/HOB. In the meantime I am buying the Aqueon ProFlex Model 2 Sump. I would like to know what would be a good choice of Protein Skimmer. I am wanting more than enough filtration for this tank in case I move on up to a 75g tank. So my filtration needs to be more than...

I switched from Fresh to Salt about a year ago. What size tank is it and what kind of filter are you running??

Is there any way to tell if it's tempered glass???

How would I go about drilling the back panes? Would I drill at the top or bottom?

I don't think so. If I did drill it myself, where would I drill it?

I appreciate everyones input, but there's no way I'm drilling this glass, although i would love to and know it's the better route to go. I don't trust myself to do it, and there's no one around here where I live that does it. About the sump, I am going to buy, either the Aqueon ProFlex Model 2...

I am still going to have my 30g tank as well, and eventually trade it in for a store credit at the LFS I use. I would drill, but I am just going to stick with the overflow box. My first question is this, I realize how the water will enter the sump but after it gets to the last chamber, how does...