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    lights for a 90g

    I'd say if you aren't ready to spend $500+ on lights right now then LEDs aren't the way for you to go right now. Go for T5's for now and look at adding LEDs later and possibly use the T5s in addition or sell them for LED upgrade money down the line.
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    Brand New 90 Gal Build

    Here are some crappy pics of the tank and fish. Sorry i dont have a good camera and have to rely on phone pics.
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    Brand New 90 Gal Build

    So its been a while since my last posts but here are some updates on the tank and my progress so far. My QT tank cycled in about 2 weeks which was a surprise to me. My DT took about 4 weeks to finish its cycle. My first fish i tried was a purple firefish and unfortunately I wasnt as prepared...
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    Brand New 90 Gal Build

    Hello everyone, My tank has finished its cycle but I have a question about my rock. I have about 90lbs of base rock in the tank now. I had planned on adding some live rock in the tank as well to help seed the base rock. Once I got it all in my tank I don't see where I can add more rock which is...
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    skimmer help

    Hello everyone, I have just started my skimmer today for the first time in my sump. I ran it all day while at work and when i came home and looked at how it was doing i need your help. I have a bubble magus curve 5. I just filled my tank with saltwater and am running everything to check...
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    Brand New 90 Gal Build

    Hello everyone, I finally have water in my tank. Here are some pics of the full tank and finished stand. I also picked up a 29gal biocube for a QT. That is set up and has shrimp floating in it now for the cycle.
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    Brand New 90 Gal Build

    So here are some pics of the base rock. It has some pretty interesting shape to it. My first attempt at some aquascaping.
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    Brand New 90 Gal Build

    When i was draining the overflow area so that i could remove the bulk heads i noticed i actually have a small leak. The silicone along the bottom edge of the left side of the overflow wall has a small leak that must be allowing water from the main portion of the tank to pass through and into the...
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    Brand New 90 Gal Build

    Oh and I almost forgot. I picked up my hardware today for the doors so here is what hey will look like. They will mount flush in the front so it should look very sleek and modern which is what I'm going for.
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    Brand New 90 Gal Build

    I just figured it would go a lot higher than that though. I didn't expect anything to spill over but it looked like it was barely doing much of anything.
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    Brand New 90 Gal Build

    And thank you for the compliments. I appreciate it and have been going full blast on getting this tank set up by thanksgiving. It was disappointing not to have a full tank of water today to run through the system for a few days to verify no leaks. Guess that will have to wait until next weekend.
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    Brand New 90 Gal Build

    Yeh I know I don't need to run the skimmer yet but I wanted to plug it in and turn it on to get used to how it works before my return period on it is up.
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    Brand New 90 Gal Build

    Here are pics of the lid and painted back
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    Brand New 90 Gal Build

    Today I finished enough of the Formica to be able to put the tank on the stand. I decided to put some tap water in it to test the plumbing for leaks. I found that I cross threaded my coupling that I had screwed into the return bulkhead. I couldn't get it back off so I had to end up cutting the...
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    Brand New 90 Gal Build

    Im not sure why the pics didnt post. Even when i try to go through photobucket it wont just show the pictures, it just shows the picture code and not the pic like it normally does.
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