Helios lights are garbage. 1st ones lasted 10 months, then I had to ship my ballast to them and didn't have light for 3 weeks. Now ballast is up in smoke again and they said they would call me back but they never did. Looking for lights right now.
PART 1 - If I have the skimmer on one side, the sand and stuff in the middle, then ... are you saying that only the return pump should be on the other side? Part 2 - Fish must be expensive up there where you are.
No, I have the sand, live rock, and plants and shrimp in the middle section, and my heater and skimmer on one side, but my fuge is divided into three sections.
I have a protein skimmer in one section, my sand and live rock in the middle, but what do I put on the other side? Also, do I put bio balls in the overflow?