Plumbing

So I finally decided to take the plunge into bio-pellets even though there are mixed reviews out there. I had been debating it for months and trying to read up on the best way to go about it but could not make a decision. There were just too many options and the reactors seemed endless. Then I saw the larger pellets that didnt need to tumble, so I figured I would give it a shot and ordered two 500 ml Reef Interest bags with a Phosban reactor 550. The reactor had nice large grates to allow good flow ...

Hello fellow addicts!
Glad to see all the progress out there. I too have been busy making some progress of my own. Pictures to come soon
Today, I hit another snag yet again... The tank is on the stand, plumbing is done and it's full of water. Time to turn on the dart! ABORT ABORT PULL THE PLUG!!
Well, that was short lived it was only on for 30 seconds for us to realize the brand new dart has a leak it's leaking somewhere between the impeller washer and SS seal. I've had ...

Found the site through Marc's other page (melevsreef). Was trying to get in touch with him regarding a sump build... Have been to his facebook and sent email. Does anyone know if he is still building acrylic sumps for folks, and if so how can I get in touch to share ideas and get some prices?

The sump arrived on Wednesday, I rushed home from work to get started on everything that needed to be done.



At Marc's suggestion I filled the bottom of the stand with sand instead of concrete, it took five bags of sand.



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A fellow reefer in the Charlotte are asked me to build him a sump. He was very opposed to have to take down or drain his reef to add a new sump so we opted to just add another chamber to his existing filtration. His goals were to get things cleaned up and set up his filtration better. He originally had an old style trickle filter with some live rock and a berlin turbo skimmer.

Our plan was to remove the live rock and turn that chamber into a refugium. I had an old Octo skimmer that ...