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I have it..... New tank cycled with 80 lbs of new live sand and 35 lbs of live rock plus unknown weight of base rock. It started showing up in my skimmer first but it is now starting to spread in my sump/rufugium and my water is cloudy. Anyone know how to deal with this? ~Todd

Quote: Originally Posted by silverado61 the close proximity to Six Flags explains my grumpy imicon. (Damned tourists.) Lol Gurnee? I used to live on the south side..Chicago Heights

Thank you again for the kind words. Where in Illinois are you?

Phase one complete.

Thats a good start ...lookin good!

Quote: Originally Posted by hotwingz Wow I am very impressed with this whole project! A centerpiece tank like this is something I've always wanted to do! Thanks

Ill pick up some more sand this week,an then fill here up.

Quote: Originally Posted by Flower Hi, If it doesn't smell of death, it's because it's still live sand, the bacteria is so useful...by all means use it. The tank has to cycle, there is no harm to use it. I wouldn't toss out the old (once alive) dried rock either...make a cool rock wall with...

Quote: Originally Posted by TonySi The rock I don't see a problem with using it just rinse it off with some rodi water and seed it with some live rock. The sand on the other hand, I wouldn't trust it. Why not?

Just cant bring myself to toss it.

So im getting ready to aquascape my new 120 and I currently have a all the former LR that was in my 125.... YEARS ago, also a 5 gallon bucket of sand that is still wet from my shallow sand bed that was also in my 125..YEARS ago, and I was wondering. Im going to be cycling my tank here shortly...

Quote: Originally Posted by silverado61 Very nice. I'm impressed. Thank you

And finally I hung all the doors on my stand and canopy.

Next I got my Lumenbright reflectors installed in my canopy, I built a rack out of aluminum angle. I added 10 blue LEDs for moonlight sim.

I got a few more things of the list. First I got my 55 gallon sump/refugium finished.The first 16"cell is for the overflow and skimmer. The second cell is 24" and ill use that section for the refugium. I still am not quite sure what im doing in that cell yet but im leaning towards mangroves...

Quote: Originally Posted by Eric B 125 VVV, it's looking good! Looks like you're getting a lot of flow to most, if not all, of the tank. Really good work so far man. How did you get that YouTube video to show up in your post? Thanks.... Im getting good flow but I still think i can improve...

Did that fix it?

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Its working great Shawn. I didnt add any adjustment valves because i dont have enough space and i dont think ill need them.The only way to adjust is by using direction. I may also add a few Flow Accelerators. Here it is in action.... http://youtu.be/tFBi0iFk6Ok