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Me too....because building tanks and additions is a stressful time....

in my ?humble opinion.

I'm using trash cans too, no problems yet....well, my set up is quite a bit wierder than yours....

If possible I would continue to run the cannister filter for a while while the tank adjusts to the new system. so anotherwords run both cannister and sump for a while. this might prevent a recycle.

Wango tango...very beautiful job...I'm getting an aquatinics 72" constellation fixture for my new 150? reef tank....they were all on back order, but the word is they are beginning to send them out this week...glad to hear you are happy with yours. can you do a close shot of how you rigged it...

looks so nice..... :cheer:

very nice...how bout instead of frag swap....well, free frags!!!

I took a 150? tank and drilled it and made the overflow and filter and plumbing...if you want to see the thread go to equipment threads and search out the one called "DIY acrylic overflow on glass" I forget who taught me to drill, probably turning tim? you can use a "roto zip" dremel style...

Whatever you end up doing, taking small amounts out at a time and replacing with sand, or startingover? You may also want to throw in some bio spira marine to help boost the bacterial load during the transition

THANK YOU lion crazz!!!

or inject them with lemon juice.

someone on this site also told me that coraline algae likes good water circulation/flow.....don't know if its true, but its growing all over my new reef tank and I have 4 returns on top and three returns on the bottom of the tank so this is good circulation....but for it to grow and spread, you...

Goodwin, I am always amazed at how nice all your plumbing is...its always so professional and compact...mine is always looking like a "bad hair day". I also use a chiller, pacific coast. I switched it from the main tank to the reef tank because now that the main tank is plumbed to the...

well some people have luck with their peppermint shrimp devouring the aiptasias and some people's peppermint shrimp turn their noses up at aiptasias.....but lemon juice works beautifully and cheaper than joe's juice or kalkwasser or whatever other product is out there....but its weird, makes you...

I use asm-g on both my tanks...the 200gallon has an asm-g 4x and the 150? 180? has an asm-g 3x. I love these skimmers....(of course the only other experience I have had with skimmers is with the berlin airlift 60...which isn't a skimmer at all I have now learned)

ok here are pics

Ok, I had a similar problem...I'm getting the "constellation" 72" aquatinics t5 fixture. its only 3"high and will sit concealed inside a canopy which I made from wood...just planks. I use small brackets inside the wood canopy to provide support .

some chillers have some restrictions on how large a pump to use...too much pressure (big pumps) can eventually mess up the chiller. right now I have a simple set up...a pacific coast 650? with a mag 9.5 pump in the sump running to the chiller and from the chiller running back to a different...

I have a typhoon III...I have a set up like what you are talking about...the top bucket receives the r/o water and its level is controlled by a float valve. I now have a bulkhead at the base and a ball valve spout so that I can easily fill the bucket below with r/o for mixing saltwater. I also...

there are some in the archives...also search "DIY wet-drys" by Luke G under the equipment thread.