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There is a big learning curve for sure! I hope you have gathered up most of the tools and tanks necessary to raise fry. If your not successful with this batch, you'll get another batch every 28 days or so. I'd love it if you could post some pictures of your setups and keep us updated!

Welcome back to the thread, Bob. You haven't answered my question yet though. Could you please post pictures of this setup of yours? I'm sure everyone that you give advice to about this type of setup would love to see it in action with a thriving reef tank....

Well, I took a really good long look at the side cabinet system with the three ten gallon tanks, one being a water change tank, another being a refugium and the last being a reservoir for the ATO. I looked really hard, I thought about it really hard and I am going to forgo the side system. I'l...

Lol. There is very bad taxidermy out there.

That's cool. Seems like there is a taxidermist on every corner these days. Fifteen years ago it wasn't as common of a profession, and as my dad tells me, even more rare in the 70s and 80s. I sometimes go online to look at bad taxidermy. There are some real screw ups. Lol

Beaselbob, Would you care to post a picture of your prized reef tank with the in-tank fuge as the sole filtration?

I got a chain saw, but I might have to rent the jackhammer. Lol. i got so many tools man, whatever I want to build, I can do it. Being in taxidermy, we tend to DIY a lot of stuff and require a lot of tools to work our magic. For example: this went home a month or so ago.

Yep. I bought a motorcycle. I got to working on it and the engine was seized. So I sold it for more than I bought it for. The people I bought it from couldn't even find the title, so I sold it for parts. I would be buying a new repair bike soon enough but my money is going toward getting this...

The look I'm going for is basically shelving bonsai - kinda looking like old dead tabling acropora.

I have a band saw I can use. I just was thinking of some tools I can use. I'm thinking about making an order from Marco Rocks soon. I've heard people having phosphate issues with their rocks though. Ok,... Band saw, chisel, hammers, masonry drill bits,... Anything else? Saws all...

Anyone use a grinder or bandsaw?

How do you do it? What is the method to your madness?

That's a really cool idea. Thanks Guy! I got to take home some tools from work so I can get the rest of the plumbing done. I'll be happy once I get the plumbing done. I really want to fill it up with tap and test it a few times but I figure that would be a lot of work emptying it out. I'll...

Sorry for your loss

The gate valve is very easy to access from behind the tank. I've already tested it. I also tested it to fit underneath the tank on that horizontal piece, but it was just a pain to try to adjust it from underneath. This way I feel is much better. Tonight I'll be cementing in the drain plumbing...

Nope. The gate valve is what dials in the siphon on the bean animal overflow to make it silent. The box on the back is a drain box for the overflow. The ball valve is on the return line and is supposed to be feeding the refugium, but I'm really tight on the amount of room I have to work with...

It will be very hard to reach. I'm looking at alternative placements for the side cabinet plumbing.

My plumbing is mostly dry fit. I like where everything is except for the ball valve on the return. That ball valve will be going to the refugium.

Aqueon is better at circulation. You'll need one that is at least pushing 500gph on both sides of the tank at minimum.

I've used deep sand beds with a lot of success early in my hobby experience. After some time they do develop into very active beds. However, I believe now that they should be used as a Seperate container or two that you can take off the system and heavily clean once every three years or so. I...