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Devils hand, and I'm not sure on the second picture.

Nice build, I remember when I built my lagoon I have now. there are a few things I would have changed on mine but all in all I'm pleased with the way it came out. here are a couple pictures of mine, it's 550 gallon main lagoon and 55 gal RR fuge/frag, and 30 gallon sump. 635 total gallons, SPS...

every 6 to 8 months with normal 10 to 12 hour a day run time.

Originally Posted by redsea Is the tank hard to maintain, how many hours do you spend cleaning it? also what other fish do you have? Your tank is AWESOME thanks Real easy IMO to maintain this size and type of system, I use live rock and flow for most all my filtration. I do run a 5 micron...

Have you ever tried dosing a carbon source such as vinegar,sugar or vodka. ? having a carbon source for other nutrients to use will and cure a lot of algae trouble. I NEVER clean my glass on one of the reef tanks I have, do to dosing sugar. don't have to. I would get your nitrate re-checked...

increase your drain pipes from your over flow box to 1.5 inch PVC. and fill your tank so it fills your sump all the way till it's about 1 inch from the top turn on the return pump and you should be fine.

that's the only way to get them off is to pull them in sections. you can cut the old frame into smaller pieces with a hack saw blade and peel it off then scrape the old silicone off and clean the rest up with alcohol.

Yes, you have much better growth

Yep, just get the 6500k compact fluorescent bulb for it.

once a year. IMO

weld-on , glue for acrylic, you can get it a one of the big box stores.

Originally Posted by meowzer Very nice.... Thank you.

Originally Posted by srfisher17 Neat set-up! If you're changing about 200 gallons a month; $100 really sounds high. You can buy Instant Ocean salt for about $55 (for 200 gal); no sales tax, including delivery to your door. Reef Crystals, about $62 for 200 gal. I'm running sea chem pro reef for...

Originally Posted by crimzy Here's my "build" thread. Water changes are easy, 50 gallons every other week. I keep a rubbermaid with a float valve set to 50 gallons... fill it up, dump a bag of IO in and the salinity comes out perfect every time. Then pump water from my sump to the sink...

Here's a quick slide show, just click the picture to view. quick run down. yellow tang, regal tang, mimic tang, Vlamingi tang, royal gram-ma, clarki clown, spotted snake eel. tons of hermits,snails, soft corals, lps,and sps. 1200 pounds of live rock, 600 pounds oolitic sand. nautilus skimmer...

Culp, not to bad about a 100 bucks a month. slider, have ton's, anything in particular you want to see. I have them from start (build) till now. let me know what you want to see and I'll post them.

550 gallon DIY lagoon, 55 gallon RR refuge, 25 gallon sump. change 100 gallons every 2 weeks and change out 5 micron filter sock each morning. pretty easy.

how full is your sump when you have all power turned off. it should be nearly full with nothing running. this will be your max. fill when there is a power outage or when doing maintenance. with the sump full start the return pump.

I use a damp paper towel or a sponge, try to not get the salt creep from the outside top of the tank in the water the best you can, it will have some room dust in it, so try not to knock that much in your tank. but the rest of it just wipe with a paper towel or sponge with RO water NO windex or...

Originally Posted by Flower I never heard of a mimic tang...Sorry for your loss. I will make sure I never get one. This is my mimic tang