Tank Entry

My reef is coming up on 6 years old this August, and some of the gear is definitely showing signs of wear. As I look at various items, I know they have to be replaced with new components which of course cost more money. Knowing that, I drag my feet because I like to eat too.

As you know, this week I had to swap out my return pump. Essentially, that was free. Here are the details if you missed it:
http://www.reefaddicts.com/entry.php...e-a-retirement ...

Ok, I have everything plumbed and set up on my new 162 gallon in wall tank. I am about to add the substrate. I am concerned about the water line. I have a sumo, so the water line only move up or down if I open or restrict the drain coming from the overflow. I attached the wall wood trim around the tank, filled nail holes, paint, etc, and whe I have the overflow drain fully open, the water line is about 1 inch below the trim. I have to back the drain off about 30% to get the return pump to raise ...

heres a short vid of my tank with 2x K evo1400's, thinkning about putting them on a wavemaker maybe a simple jbj one or getting a reefkeeper lite so i can use all the other stuff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zcRMYkMjR4

The family and I took a drive down to Seattle yesterday...she went shopping for the kids, and I took Serene, my 8 year old daughter, to Salt Water City. I ahd read some good reviews on the web. When I got there, I was impressed with their coral selection. They only do saltwater, which is noce as well.

One cool thing, was they have a section where you can buy from $10, $20, $30, $40, and $50 frags tanks. This is a good way for beginners to try differnet corals w/o breaking the bank. ...

Well, after I set up my new tank I was feeling very pleased with myself, but reality would soon kick me in the testes once again as I have cyano covering all the sand and some rock. I attribute it to the stress of moving everything over to the new tank and the increased bioload of a couple new fishes. I think in addition to this, taking the system off of full zeo didn't help things much. I had a terrible time with getting the nutrients just right with zeo, mostly just starved the corals. I had ...