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Thanks for all the great comments. So as of today this is what we are looking at. I'll explain- I've been battling some algae. I've assumed they're diatoms to dinos and briopsis but to be completely honest, I'm not 100% sure. Here are some photos. I've been testing my water religiously...

Hood solution Okay, to the hood solution. I ended up ripping the front of the hood off and hanging above the tank. This accomplished three things: it allowed us to stick with the theme; it gave us a base to attach the lights to; it filled up the empty space above the tank. Then, I ran out...

Okay, tank is upstairs. Sand is in! Rock work is out... let the scape begin. To be honest, I was petrified of this step. But the pieces of Pukani sent by BRS were perfect. This is honestly, the first go at it and we loved it. Left side of the tank Right side of tank FTS Almost there...

The Stand As always it starts with a mess. We weren't sure and went back and forth between what we were hoping for. The girlfriend wanted something barnyardy so ,ofcourse, in order to keep the hobby a live, She got it. Here's the mess. Starting to come together. It's wrapped in 3/4...

Plumbing This is another part of the build I wish I spent a few more days on. This involves reconfiguring the sump a bit and eventually the plumbing will be cleaned up. The initial connection between the first floor and the fish room below. All pipes are 1". The three on the left are the...

Flooring and Furnishings Finally, getting the tiled down! Freshly grouted On to the sump stand. This is another piece of this build I wish I had slowed down on. I built a main platform for the 40b sump and a slightly elevated platform next to it for the refugium. In retrospect, I wish I...

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Thanks! Yes. This is up on Reef2Reef but I've been harassed to post it up over here (rightfully so). Hoping to meet more folks in the area and trade some knowledge. I'll update this to where t currently sits and try and get more detailed as to the problems and success, if any, I'm experiencing...

Here are the jacks, installed. With the room coming together, I installed an LED fixture I secretly cut a hole in the floor and used a floor register to hide it until the tank came up. No one noticed! I used bulkheads and eventually flex pvc to join the bulkheads between floors. Here it is...

Placement and Construction We picked the place in our living room. The girlfriends biggest concern, the noise and "don't these things smell" Solution- "I'm going to cut into the basement and keep all the smelly stuff down there." This brought up another problem for her... "I don't want to...

Hello NJ Reefers! My name is Paul and I'd like to share my build with you. I'm from Vernon, NJ and we decided to get moving on this project a few months after we moved into our first home. The build officially started in August of 2016 and I've been lazy about posting this here. I won't go...