flpriest
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Here is a picture of the sump/fuge that I built. Hope it works out for me. This is all the equip. that is in it and the total cost of building this.
1. 70 gal tank/ aquired in a complete buyout purchase from a craigs list deal/ bought all of her live sand 150 lbs worth, 100 lbs of live rock, fish (Sailfin tang, 2 clown fish, 3 damsles, singapore angel, royal gramma, sixline wrasse) tank, stand, 2 light fixtures, whisper cartrage filter, asorted chemical additives, 25 lbs of salt all for $250 Bought back in Dec. 2009
2. 4 pieces of plexi glass/ $40
3. 6 woofel balls, and 30 plastic golf balls/ $14
4. 2 new 300 Watt heaters from auction site/ $25
5. Assorted plumbing parts and pieces/ $20
6. DIY top off system, Toilet fill/floatsystem, 50 ft. plastic tubing, self tapping connection for my house plumbing/ $25
7. Filter media/ $12
8. Plenum for Fuge side (egg create, netting)/ $6
9. 40 lbs Live sand, and 30 lbs of live rock/ already had
10. Red Sea Protien Skimmer/ already had
11. HOB cartridge filter w/ plastic fiber for filter media/ already had
12. Light system 10,000K whites, with atinic, for the fuge side/ Already had
13. Sand filled fluid bed/ already had
14. Power head gor fuge side/ already had
15. 1100 gph pump/ already had
Total cost of this build/upgrade for me from the 25 gal. sump/fuge was $142
So what do you guys think?