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Today felt like Christmas. It's all coming together. Got my power heads and a second heater. I'll be moving the tank inside from the garage in a couple days. It'll be nice to have inside parking back. It's hot.
Pretty much just need to get live rock and substrate. And skimmer but I may cycle...
That is good to know about the coral beauty, thanks. Would it make any difference if I added the coral beauty before coral? just wondering if it would decrease chances of them nipping.
I just picked up a union from homedepot today and plan on trying it out.
A couple pics of the tank and stand. I put 3 coats of polyacrylic on the inside of the stand and painted the back of the tank with rustoleum latex black semigloss.
I've also got a couple pics of the plumbing before I had hooked everything up. I know the drain pipe is too short in the pic but...
I have made the decision to go with a sump/ fuge. It may cost more initially but from what I can tell it'll be completely worth it. I am working on setting up my 75 gallon reef ready tank now. I purchased the Aqueon proflex model 3 sump and it is fantastic from my initial experience. Thanks for...
I am building my first sw tank. I am starting this thread to hopefully gain some knowledge from all of you along the way and share my experience with you as well. I really enjoy reading through other people's build thread but don't usually post. Hopefully with this thread I'll come out of my...
Ok it is starting to make a little more sense now. Thanks for all of the responses. I'm a little confused when you say to clean the canister filter with tank water how I go about doing that? sorry I'm very green with this yet. Would I remove some tank water or use and rinse it in my sink or...
Alright, I've been searching for a while now and cant find the answer I'm looking for.
I'm new the hobby. I have a 55gal tank with plenty of room under the stand for a sump. I want to use a sump for my filtration but it seems like its going to go over my budget. I plan on starting with a FOWLR...