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Today, my tank turns three months old.







Here's a picture from the fishroom side.


From the kitchen side, looking toward the overflow.
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Now for more interesting stuff where I'll need some suggestions:
this is the system plan with most of the plumbing and position of most important components.



The fishroom is in an attick around 6 feet higher from the sump 7.5 feet including height of the tanks in the fishroom. Overall I’m satisfied with the layout. But would appreciate opinions on the following: ...

i have been unsuccessful at keeping acans in my 90g mixed reef and can never figure out why, until now.

something always picks on my acans until they give in and fade away. always thought there must be a crab or something eating them. three months ago i took them out and placed them in a separate system where they thrived and coloured up nicely.

i decided to place them into the display again but this time they would be up higher attached to the glass on a frag rack ...

Stand was delivered.
4x4 cm 3mm think steel (1.6x1.6 inch 1/8" steel bars)
Was 2.5 inches taller than ordered so had to cut down a bit from the legs, hopefully that won't make it very hard to clean under it.
Also wasn't impressed by the epoxy paint they did so had it resanded and repainted on site by 3 coats of epoxy. which took a few days to get done.



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I've gradually been putting together the frag tank over the past month or so. It's finally online. I love its look, and how it is tied into the 400g reef.

It's a cute little thing, 22" x 13" x 8" with a 1" Durso drain in a 5" x 5" corner overflow. The locline feeding into the frag tank is adorable, I've never seen such tiny locline before. It's got a 1/4" outlet. The tank holds just under 10g of water.

It didn't take me long ...