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I received my AquaC Remora Pro Skimmer, my Hydrometer and a S/W test Kit today via USPS and UPS, Whoo Hoo!!! Now just missing Return Pump, and rock.. Both are next on the list.

Here's a Pix of the Remora installed into the Sump on the Lefthand Side.



Aaron

Hey All
I am starting to put together a plan for my next step which will be a sump and skimmer and would appreciate any input you might have. For those of you who did not see my other posts i have converted my 108gal fresh water tank to salt water. It is going decent so far and i will try to do a tank update soon.

First off as for a sump i was thinking of building one based off of Marcs' website but when i called about acrylic my local supplier only carried the brands Plexi ...

Tank: 70 Gallon Oceanic tank

Sump: 20 Gallon Long

Lighting: One 250w Metal Halide, Four 39w Actinic T5HO bulbs

Filtration: DIY Built Algae Turf Scrubber

Pumps: Mag 3 Return Pump,
Maxijet 900 w/ MJ Mod Kit for circulation
Maxijet 1200 for additional water flow on Algae Turf Scrubber

Controller: Neptune Systems Apex Controller

Maintenance Schedule: 5 month and counting - no water changes. ...

Hey everyone

So in the past 3 weeks I have finally added a protein skimmer and started using RO/DI water.. its hard to tell if things are better yet but I know my mushrooms and buttons arent doing super well yet.. Now my concern is my lights.. The green algae is growing still pretty fast.. My T5s are a little over a year old now.. Do you think that would help the nusance algae to grow and polyps to look bad?
Especially the algae.. the polyps have not been looking good for a ...

So this is the stand I built I wanted it open enough to pull the sump out from the front the other section will be for electrical and a drower at the to if there is enough room also might put one in on top of sump section