Hello! So I've been slacking! Blame it on work... ok let me bring you guys up to speed... The back of the tank was painted black. The sump was dropped in from the top of the stand. There is insulation inside the stand (the guy who built it suggested it) at first I thought it would not be a good idea turns out its a great idea keeps the water real cool and muffles the water/skimmer noise in the ...
I received 4 testing kits from Aquarium Water Testing for my birthday. With the trouble I was having with Snails dying I was curious to see if these test showed anything. The results are in and most things look okay expect for few parameters Molybdenum and Stronium. Has anyone heard of troubles with this value. See the note from AWT on the parmeter. Also the Free calcium versus total - never heard of this before. I'll have to read more. The good news is ...
As you know, I build sumps for a living. Here are a few pictures of some made in the past 30 days or less. A split sump due to the way the stand was built. Skimmer section and return on left; refugium in front half of right sump, with return in the back. Simple sump with cooling fan bracket A Single Pass Sump with refugium ...
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