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If you've got some southdown, I'll buy it. Email me at benk777@hotmail.com or post back. We can no longer get it in the midwest, so please help a fellow salty out. Thanks. Ben

Do you still have any southdown? If so I am very interested. Ben benk777@hotmail.com

Does anyone know of any southdown sand available in the milwaukee/waukesha area? If anyone hoarded it when it was at HD, I'll gladly pay for 2 bags of it. Thanks. Ben

I considered using 45s instead, but I had clearance issues. Hopefully all the 90s won't put too much restriction on the flow. Ben

Coralcollector: Are you saying that you 'painted' your pvc with the purple pvc primer? Has it lasted or worn off? Ben

I'd like to get in on this action. I also need lights for the refugium. Please email me at benk777@hotmail.com . Thanks. Ben

What types of caulerpas and algaes do you suggest I stock the refugium with. Do I really need a dsb in the refugium since I already have one in the main tank? I'll put some lr in so that the algae/caulerpa has something to stick to, but if I can get away with no dsb, I'd like to. Ben

I am supposed to receive my two lifereef slimline overflows this friday, so I'll let you know in about a week. When I did a search I found nothing but good words about them. Ben

What type of ligting do you current refugium-users suggest I put over mine? I don't want to spend over $100. Will regular fluorescents work, or should I use PCs? Thanks for the help. Ben

Osolow, Are the check valves that are available at home depot saltwater safe? The reason I ask is that I found one at petwarehouse dot com and it specified that it was saltwater safe. Ben

Juggernaut, I got the bioball chamber from my LFS. They had it lying around for a while and the price sticker came off, so when I was interested I just gave them a reasonable offer. The question I have is how deep in the water is the bioball chamber supposed to sit? 2-3 inches? Also, I've...

Yeah, I'm lucky, no water bill here. Not til we build the house, then I'll be paying like everyone else. Thanks for all the praise, but I can't take the credit. I stole the sump/refuge part from Broomer, then added my own spraybar. I can't wait til I'm done and get it flowing. More pics to...

For those that painted the back black, what type of paint did you use? I'm thinking that when I switch my filtering from HOB to sump/refuge, I could paint the back quickly. Ben

I'm thinking with the new sump and refuge, and all future water to come from this new toy, my water should be near perfect.

It's tilting a bit, but no connections have been concreted yet. Still, I think I'll need some type of support.

Dry fitting and testing.

For every three or four holes foreward, I plan on having one hole to either side or to the back. With the mag 12 I should be able to drill holes to my hearts content without effecting the flow too much. I will do as you suggested and have smaller holes at the top, and larger holes towards the...

I will have dual hang on the back overflows rated at 700gph each. I ordered them from lifereef dot com, as I have heard nothing but good things about them. More pics will follow as the construction continues. Ben

So, you're saying that without the skimmer in the mag line, you had too much flow to the tank? If so, I'll probably have the same problem. Ben

At first I'm going to use the mag solely for the return, which will be going to the main tank and also the refugium. I planned on at least 6 holes in each 'arm' of the pyramid, and if that is still too much current, then I will use the mag to power my remora pro. The pvc up to the pyramid is...