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    Trying to figure out what I need to get started

    Im a cutting edge type of guy.. now that you have mentioned LED based lighting I will probably look into it alot more :) I am totally interested in another DIY or retro project and I am more than willing to componsate it with initial cost.. do you have a recommendation for vendors? so far I...
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    Trying to figure out what I need to get started

    Currently I have all the boxed parts in my garage awaiting me to finish rebuilding my office. I still havent purchased an overflow box but I am probably 2 - 3weeks away from starting to assemble everything in its permanent home. I have been rebuilding my home office for the last couple of weeks...
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    Trying to figure out what I need to get started

    so do I need to have this hole drilled towards the top or the bottum? I have seen some boxs that are not whole columns and I am use to seeing column style built into tanks.. is this just a box that I essentially will be using silicone to put in a corner or something?
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    Trying to figure out what I need to get started

    Ok Thanks. So far my purchases look as follows: Protein Skimmer: SWC Extreme 200 $280.00 Power Heads: 2 OctoPumps @ 3000gph $ 90.00 Return Pump: eheim 1260 @ 1200gph $135.00 Return Jet $ 6.00 BRS Dryrock 60lbs...
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    Trying to figure out what I need to get started

    WOW $10.00 a hole saves like $100 off of a weir.. getting a box (or building my own) is pretty darn simple once you have the hole.. sealing it isnt that bad either. I will definatly go this route. I will be calling both sunset glass & broadway tomorrow to see what I can do. This is GREAT...
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    Trying to figure out what I need to get started

    Where can I take it to get it drilled or how do I tell if my glass is tempered or not? I have 1/2 thick glass.. and I got the tank from a friend so there isnt a way for me to tell what it is.. for all I know its lead paned glass...
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    Trying to figure out what I need to get started

    with that diagram your essentially bleeding the air out of the system through the john guest? is the water pressure high enough to bleed the system ever so often?
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    Trying to figure out what I need to get started

    So is there a list of pro's and con's to a weir baffle style or a tube style over flow? also how do you calculate out the vert. head space into gph? for the return.
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    Trying to figure out what I need to get started

    The siphon and overflow box bring up a flow question... I keep getting told that I need water cycles of approximatly 8-10x per hour especually if I am interested in doing hard corals. if this is the case I need my volume to be 21,600 gpd, 900gph? I am targeting tha ceramic magdrive pump but...
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    Trying to figure out what I need to get started

    I take it that purchasing it off of that site is Qty by the lb? how much space is 60lbs of dry rock going to require within a sump?? so SWC Extreme 200, 60lbs of BRS dry rock. I still need a submergable return pump? plumbing setup then once I have gotten all of this stuff and its plumbed...
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    Trying to figure out what I need to get started

    Im trying to go the natural route.. its what Ive been told to do for almost 10 years.. but most people I see with refuges also have a wet-dry sump & protein skimmer.. Ive seen a few with built in carbon reactors aswell as UV sterilizers. I purchased 2 of the OctoPumps what type of configuration...
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    Trying to figure out what I need to get started

    I think I can simply return it.. I bought it from them as used equipment.. any recommendations as to where I should look at buying any of the for mentioned products? I plan on going to a salt store in bellevue over by computer stop over the weekend.. Ive heard good things about them from...
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    Trying to figure out what I need to get started

    So I purchased an evolution 500 skimmer but I am not exactly sure about the plumbing. I have a 20gal wet sump box already that was created with bio-balls but I am going to try and use this box for now. I dont exactly understand how the protein skimmer comes into all of this.. I havent figured...
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    First time tank design 90gal

    After talking with my local aquarium shop (blue sierra in issaquah) I decided not to drill the tank because if its tempered glass it will simply explode on me and that doesnt sound like fun. So I purchased an evolution 500 skimmer that came with a sump .. I got a sump w the tank but im not sure...
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    First time tank design 90gal

    if you dont mind me asking, what is a breeder? like the skinny cheap tanks? also does anyone have any recommendations for a skimmer, how to setup the overflow (should I bother trying to drill 1/2inch glass?) should I build a weir or stick with the tube suction style that I currently have? (I...
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    First time tank design 90gal

    I would like some help figuring out what exactly I need to do to get a wet-sump system setup w/ overflow & fuge. so over the weekend I acquired a 90gal 1/2" thick glass acquarium. it came with what looks like a no name outdoor pond sump a magnum 350 canister filter and I think a 20 gal bio-ball...
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    Trying to figure out what I need to get started

    So today I purchased the following items from a friend that had a saltwater fish system 90 gallon, 1/2" glass tank black stand with two cabinets and matching canopy flourenscent lights (like in a overhead balast, marine tubes) wet-dry "bio ball" trickle filter system with pump ebo-jager...
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