A couple weeks ago my father-in-law and I (he had the skills and tools, I had the vision and plan) tackled making a sump/refugium out of 1/4" acrylic. Following a couple online sources, including Melev's acrylic guide, we came out with a winner (my father-in-law still can't believe that we succeeded without any leaks). Overall it is 27"long, 18.5" wide and 14.5" tall. It is split lengthwise with the left being the sump with skimmer and return pump and the right ...
Updated 03-04-2011 at 09:33 AM by gist41980 (Bigger pictures)
The following are pictures of the building process. They have been taken over the course of the past two months. I thought I would share them, as I love to see pictures of other peoples builds/tanks. The mess Adding Water.. Aqua-scaping (I later moved the Tonga branch to the refugium as someone suggested as it did not look right with the other rock) ...
Updated 03-04-2011 at 09:34 AM by gist41980 (Bigger Pictures!)
Hello Everyone, After years of dreaming of a reef and toying with a 9 gallon nano, I started my tank the day after Christmas (as a Christmas present my wife gave me authorization to proceed with my reef plans ). The plan is for a mixed reef. The tank has been running for a couple months now, listed below are the components: 93 Gallon Cube (corner overflow) Tunze 6105 Tunze 6055 Eheim 1262 Skimmer: Octo SRO-2000INT Neptune Apex Controller ...
Updated 03-03-2011 at 03:54 PM by gist41980 (added web link)
I'm getting ready to upgrade my tank from a 75 gallon to a 140 with a 40 gallon sump. I need to upgrade my skimmer and had considered building the CS1 from Avast. It's rated for up to 200 gallons and comes with a sicce PSK 2500 pump with avast modded volute. My intention for the tank is to concentrate on SPS and LPS corals. Any input would be helpful.
Updated 03-03-2011 at 02:28 PM by melev
Hi, Experimenting with using Kent Nitrogen sponge in a reactor with some low flow for nitrate reduction. What flow would you suggest for a start and how would you modify it as the filter matures? I've read about denitrators and flow is in the order of drop per minute... would you think in a reactor setup I should be doing the same or should I have some low flow pump (50GPH?) directly connected? what should I wait/Look for to modify my flow through it? Thanks ...
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