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Quote: Originally Posted by 2Quills Most tanks do have tempered bottoms unless they're custom or acrylic. There's supposed to be a sticker somewhere on the bottom pane as an indicator but you may not be able to read it unless the tank is empty. Odds are that you may not be able to drill the...

Quote: Originally Posted by 2Quills In this case, no. Since the 30g is a little bit taller than the 40g it will be easier to drill the 30g close to the top of the tank. Then you'll simply only have to raise it maybe a few inches in order to get the clearance for the drain pipe that you need...

Quote: Originally Posted by florida joe Just a note please remember your overflow rate is predicated on the return pump gph, and the return pump MUST be rated at less gph then the return yes and once again remember you can set up the skimmer out side the sump Are external protein skimmers any...

Quote: Originally Posted by florida joe Just a note please remember your overflow rate is predicated on the return pump gph, and the return pump MUST be rated at less gph then the return yes and once again remember you can set up the skimmer out side the sump This was kind of confusing...the...

Sooooo...I just ran another calculation annnndddd...not 180g...looks like its only 150g I should have double checked that before making the post guys. Sorry about that. . So it looks like I'll be doing two vertical overflows for this tank to get the flow I'm looking for. Going to go with 2-1"...

Quote: Originally Posted by 2Quills Guys, if I can fit sump/fuge tank with a foot print of 50"x 18" under my 120g by incorporating it into my design plans for building the stand then he should be able to get those tanks under a 180G tank. If it were me I'd use the 30g as the fuge and elevate it...

Quote: Originally Posted by 2Quills I'll take a closer look at the info you have here a little later this evening when I return home. But it sounds like your on the right track. A general rule for sump size that I've seen floating around the hobby is 1/3 rd of your display tank size is a pretty...

Quote: Originally Posted by Al&Burke I think you should go with a 1-1/2 drains, two are fine, check out the bean overflow, pretty quite and fool proof. Once you decide on the size of your sump let us know I can put something together for you with the help of many others. Usually it is size...

Well, I would like to say thank you all for the advice and I have followed threads by all three of you, so I greatly respect your input. @Flower-I was leaning more towards the Octopus skimmers so thanks for reenforcing that. And I will definitely check out Acrylic51, 2Quills and Al&Burke for...

Hey everyone, So I am going to be setting up a 180g reef tank in the future and I was wondering if I could get some ideas from people. I am going to be doing this build from the ground up (the stand, canopy, sump,fuge, lighting,etc). I was thinking about how to set up the filtration system. I...

Would appreciate if anyone could ID these. Thanks

Nice! Good friend to have! Ha My lfs had a booth there and I was hoping to get a good deal if I would have went. But oh well...see anything noteworthy?

  MAX was awesome, although the corals available were less than the norm. Was disappointed on that end though.... Bummer. I would have gone but couldn't get work off. So I take it you didn't pick anything up? Last EXPO I went to was Reefapalooza which was pretty sweet.

So I transferred into my new tank. Fish made it just fine and my first addition was a feather duster who seems to be happy :) i wasn't able to attend the latest marine EXPO here in CA so hopefully ill get some new coral within the next few weeks.

I got the kit from LFS. But I havn't added anything to it yet. Waiting on my new tank : ) to transfer everything over.

Hey fishmaster, Yeah the tank is doing a lot better. Very little green algae anymore. I got a Saltwater liquid test kit which is a lot better than the test strips (thanks southerwolf and xcali!). So all my levels are where they should be at. NO3-20ppm NO2- <.5ppm KH- 240ppm pH- 8.1 Temp- 76...

I'll double check when i get home but im pretty sure its aquaclear

Activated carbon filter which I change once a month.

I was hardly dosing anything because I only had few pieces of coral and its such a small tank. But I did test the water before I added anything and followed all the dosing directions on the bottles. Once I saw the coral looking not so healthy I stopped dosing the iodine and the stront. and...

Hey guys, Sorry for the super late response. I've been crazy busy with work and school. But the tank is looking alot better. I got a new filter, so I'm running two HOB Aquaclear 50's with 3stage filters (bio, carbon,and foam). I also brought my temp down because it was high, so it's at a steady...