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Nick, I am glade that everything went well. I got as much joy from watching your face from start to finish. You look just like me when I got my first tank. It looks great and it could not have gone to a better person that appreciate the hobby.
MikeNapoli,
I was looking at a few skimmer like the Euro reef, MSX, ASM and just recently an ETSS Evolution 500 with a Map 9.5 because someone locally is selling a used.
I am just looking for something that will do the job well, user friendly, quite and will not heat my tank water up in the...
Phil519, I am sorry i do not have the pic. i was so focus on getting it right I forgot to take more step by step photos. Goto this site
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2007-10/totm/index.php
and this is were I got most of my information from. I am keeping the bio ball in the sump for now...
I wanted to show my progress because when i just started out I enjoyed reading other people's project. So here I go.
I started the tank in the beginning of March which i bought cheap from a local aquarium store. The measurement are 72X24x24. I have about 125 lb of "live" Aragonite Reef Sand...
I just purchase a used 155 gallon bow 72x24x24. It came with a fixture that has 3 MH 250 watt with not extra VHO or power compact. The two outside are 10K and the middle is 20K. The fixture is about 8 inchs above my tank. I also have a 3 inch sand band with about 125 lbs of LR in it.
OK, here...