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And alas....everone is happy!!!! Let me know what you think!

The top with the two overflows... I used needlepoint canvas the keep snails and stuff out of the pipe.

The right side...haven't hidden the wires yet, and I'm going to come up with something better for the intake hose...

The left side...I'm still running the aquaclear 200 along side it...

The back....not filled up yet:

Just finished up the fuge this weekend...let me know what you think. I went with the original idea, with a pump in the display and the water being gravity fed back into the tank with a pvc elbow. I built a stand out of 90 degree steel to elevate the fuge above the waterline. There's kind of a...

Great diagram, chris17! That's basically what my fisrt picture tried to be...but since it's a hob fuge, it's behind the tank, instead of beside it. I'd rather have it out to the side so I can see what's going on inside---but space it rather limited. But everything else looks the same: The pump...

Wow, Sly! that was weird---we replied at the same time...are there really 'search-bots' out there looking for email addresses?

Hey Chris17, Go ahead and email it to me, fwb_2@hotmail.com .

Did you ever get the hob set up? I'm curious to see how it works. I've also got a 29 gallon and just found a hob wet/dry that's going to be a hob fuge. Having some plumbing/planning problems, though. Post a pic if you've got it running.

Sorry about the bump. Just wondering if anyone else had an idea. Thanks!

Ok, so I just came up with this: --Water is pumped into the fuge with a pump with the intake up near the water surface in the main tank. --The water levels are equal in the main tank and in the fuge connected with a siphon. So...if the siphon breaks, the pump will only pump until the intake from...

Wow, Sly! That's so much more than I asked for. Did you just whip up those diagrams? Thanks! I like the second idea, and I think that's the one I'm going with. Thank you very much! But one question, I don't need the overflow box then, do I?

Sorry, the pic is so small to make out the details(darn size constraints!). The black box on the left is a pump from the tank, then it flows over some live rock, thru the baffles, into the right side with calurpa. The green dot is the hole back to the tank.

Hi everyone! I found this hob filter sitting on the side of the road the other day---SCORE!!! It had some bioballs and filter floss, but I think I want to make it into a little refugium. My idea is to hang it off the back of my 29 gallon, use a pump in the tank to pull the water into the...

Hi Everyone. I moved to a new apartment this weekend along with my 29 gallon reef. I took as much old water with me as I could, leaving about 2 inches of water above the crushed coral substrate. Everything is doing great, but I'm noticing some gas bubbles in the substrate. I'm sure stuff died...

The LFS guy recommended keeping it in the shade, but if what PhreakEmUp said is true---that they are photosythetic, then perhaps I have it in the wrong spot. It was in the same spot (bottom of a VHO-lit 80 gallon tank) for a couple months before I bought it (obviously no one else wanted it)...

Sorry, I guess 'attract' was the wrong word. I just meant that cyno seems to stick to it. If it's not blown off, it damages the sponge. Here's a pic of mine---the circled part is where the cyno sat for a couple days. I'm going to move it into more flow--that should help.

Orange paddle sponge...at least that's what the lfs guy told me when I bought one. Nice color, but it doesn't do much.:rolleyes: It does attract red slime like.. well, a sponge! He did warn about not taking it out of water.

Thanks everyone! You guys are great for not only info, but encouragement! If only my girlfriend understood....