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Did you get new lights? What are you running in the 40g? Its looking good.

Red sea

Amazon has it for $65. 175g worth

I use reef crystals now. Im hoping to switch once it runs out. Probably within the next 2 weeks. I do 5g weekly w/c. My perms are right on mark . Im just wanting to see some more growth and whats best for my corals. I also run a eshopps 20g sump, eshopps skimmer, with full spectrum taos.

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I have a 40g breeder reef. All lpl coral. I want to start dosing. Ive heard that this salt mixture has all essential elements. Thoughts... salt water mix or dose?

Im going to be building this for a fellow reefer. It's going to be a looped system. What size return pump should we use?

Skimmer doing work Fts

Hey Carey, I just finished my 40g breeder build. Filled her up today. Dont sweat drilling the tank. Its so easy. I was very adamant about it, but soon realized that it was super easy. Just cut a template and let the weight of the drill do the work. Took me 2 min. Im sorry for all you fish...

I hung my lights using S hooks. Theyre rated for 30lbs. They made for outdoor hanging baskets, so should be fine in these elements. I also mounted 3 power strips to a board that is hung on back wall, away from the water. This certain wall is 10" behing the tank. Ill also be storing my ato...

Finally built a brace on the wall and mounted my lights. Thoughts..

What do you guys think if I do a free standing lid on the hood. I dont like the way it sits on the hood when using a piano hindge. Id use 4 magnets to hold it on, so itd be somewhat held in place but very easy to remove

Worked hard on the lights. They up and funtional.

Thanks, the motivation is back. I need to out the fixture back together and mount it over my 40g breeder.

Got it. It was the positive and negative on the 10w ac adapter being switched