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Display tank, fts. Not the most impressive pic, but the best I've got right now. Things have shifted a bit since then, so next deep cleaning will be new fts time.


Frag tanks, overview


Frag tanks, detail
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Not overly exciting, but you can see the true DIY nature of my work tank.


This is my Tunze 9002 DOC skimmer from a good friend that will remain nameless. Thank you sir if you're reading this...
It's gotten a lot of great reviews so I'm really expecting quite a bit out of it.


Here's a full front shot of the tank and stand. It's totally DIY. I built it after my Vikings lost Sunday so I had lost some ...

Well for the past four months now I have been reef-less and it's seriously killing me. I had to sell my 3 reefs for a move to a new city. I'm all settled in now and ready start my next reef.

I am currently having a custom acrylic tank and sump built by a very talented local club member. The tank measures 36X24X16 and will hold roughly 60 gallons. Here is a sample photo of a similar tank that my friend has built.


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So, I couldn't cut into the wall and start building, but I could plan it out for the next few weeks. I had pictures from then they built my house, and I started to lay it out in autocad, but then I found out about google sketchup. Its a free 3d modeling program that I started to get into. I was able to measure stuff, model the wall studs, niche, and then my equipment. I started building it in sketchup, and postitioned things so that I could ensure that they would fit. I have modeled the sump (with ...

In the process of setting up automatic water changes on my personal 120 gallon tank.

Received a 160 gallon water storage tank from NTO http://www.ntotank.com/160gaveta.html and a chemtech dual head dosing pump http://www.pulsatron.com/pumps/chemtech/series100.asp.

I chose the 160 gallon tank to make mixing the saltwater easier, just use a 160 gallon bucket of salt and fill 'er up with water.

I got the 6.5 gpd model on the pump.

I'll post ...