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    20g Nano Setup

    Update here! Thanks for the friendly encouragement :) Here's a bit about what's going on atm. Have everything in the tank and started cycling. All the live rock is in the tank and the sump below. Decided to use different sand then the old tank because it was too fine in the old one and...
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    RO Filter

    I got a Mighty Mite with DI Added Works good 0 TDS small volume, replacement filters run like $35. You could probaly find one on ebay like this one for cheaper (shipping is a little expencive though). I went with the smaller unit because 1) I don't have a lot of space (I'm a student and I...
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    Project 58!! (Image intense)

    Nick, That's definately not where I thought it was :P I'll have to go check it out this weekend. About the house prices, ya it's pretty nutz, your place at 1k sq ft if it had a lot about 2.5 - 3.5k lot it would probaly go closer to 400k heheh, it's that bad. Brandon
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    Project 58!! (Image intense)

    Nick, Born and raised, on Oahu. I used to live out in Waipio near Waikele, after I hit college I moved into town and I'm in Manoa atm, nice place. Rains a lot though. Coral Fish Hawaii, lol I don't even know if I've been there :P I think so though, the one by the stadium? next to ice...
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    Project 58!! (Image intense)

    Ouch, that’s tough man... hopefully it won't take too long to get all stocked up again. I'm glad everything else turned out ok. Your "Project 58!! (Image intense)" was one of the first setup threads that I ever saw, and was probably the only one I read all the way through, damn funny stuff...
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    20g Nano Setup

    Update! Got my new tank delivered by SoCal Creations. Good Packing, tank arrived safe and sound. All Boxed Up Unpacked I Quickly Put the Tank Up And started on the Plumbing Got the Bottom done too But Not without having to mod the sump bulkhead I cut a slipper in half and thinned...
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    20g High On Stand

    20g High On Stand
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  8. Tank Unpacked

    Tank Unpacked

    My new 20g High Unpacked
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  9. 250w DE PFO Mini Pendent

    250w DE PFO Mini Pendent

    250w DE PFO Mini Pendent over 20g high 14k Phoenix
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  10. Rubbermaid Sump Bulkhead MOD

    Rubbermaid Sump Bulkhead MOD

    Used a slipper to add debth to the bulkhead wall and allow for a better seal.
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  11. Tank Arrival

    Tank Arrival

    My new 20g High at my doorstep! Cardboard over hardboard surrounded by packing spacers wrapped in plastic
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    250W DE PFO Mini Pendent

    250W DE PFO Mini Pendent mounted on aluminum tent posts with braided steel wire
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  13. Sump Area

    Sump Area

    Poseidon PS1 / Blueline Velocity T1 (Same Pump) 1" Drain 3/4" Sump Return for 20g display
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  14. Back of Tank Plumbing 20g

    Back of Tank Plumbing 20g

    Back of tank plumbing for 20g high (2) 3/4" Returns from sump Closed loop drilled but not installed
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    Weekly Water Change????

    Didn't get to finish it yet but so far it's an awsome article scooter, thanks!
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    Weekly Water Change????

    I hear that doing too much of a water change at a time can be bad for your fish/inverts. Granted you can get the params pretty close temp/sg/alk/ph/cal but doing 100% don? I dunno might not be that bad a thing, just what I've heard. I try to get 20-25% at least once every other week, but...
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    Plumbing Question

    Thanks for the comments everyone! Scotter, Ya, I glued everything but the bottom, since I don't know the exact height of the overflow. I don't think in the end there's a "fatal flaw" in either the durso or the stockman and it also doesn't seem as though there are any real complaints about...
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    20g Nano Setup

    Update! Live rock is still curing. Been about 2 weeks now, looking good. I put most of it in my old display tank and returned all the fish to the ocean. Only have a few critters like a zebra hermit left in there. I'm hoping this will shorten my cycle once my new tank arrives They gave me...
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    Acrylic tanks

    I'm getting my tank built by SoCal Creations They're a smaller company in Southern California, they have a decent rep on another forum and they so far have excellent communication. I'm building a small tank but they have built larger ones as well. Compared to some of the other places I...
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    Plumbing Question

    Started doing some preliminary plumbing and I have a question. Which would you suggest I use in my overflow, a Durso or Stockman Standpipe. What are the pro's and con's. I made both and I'll picture them here. Both are ~5.5" Tall to go in a 6" deep External Overflow My first ever PVC...
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