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    The last episode of TANKED!

    Well I will let you guys know. If you haven't been to their facility. Wow is all I have to say. I use to live like a half mile from there shop in vegas, and it was huge. The front end part of it was were they housed their coral and fish was easily 10000 sq feet. Their display tanks are fresh and...
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    Joes 37 Gallon LED SPS tank

    sorry forgot to add the pic
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    Joes 37 Gallon LED SPS tank

    this is how i mounted the light in the hood l brackets. I actually removed the two front ones and it holding just as well as all four. I also added fan to one end so it blows over the light so it does not get to hot and i cut a hole in the top with a fan blowing out over the fan on the light...
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    Joes 37 Gallon LED SPS tank

    so here is a pic i dont want to put any up from today because im fighting a hair algae problem and it looks like doo doo. This was right before the explosion of algae
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    List of Members

    hell yea
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    ~ JUNE ~ North Sound Reefers ~ Get Together @ RED 'C'

    Thanks Rob and to the North Sound Reefers for putting this on. It was great to meet some new people and talk reef and tanks for a couple of hours. The bonus I walked out with a coral a great. The Mummy Eye is loving its new home. Thanks again to all. Joe
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    ~ JUNE ~ North Sound Reefers ~ Get Together @ RED 'C'

    So I'm new to the reef keeping in the Seattle area and red c is my main place to go. I didnt know there was a north sound reef club. Can I join in on the meeting if I can get it off work. Thanks Joe
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    Joes 37 Gallon LED SPS tank

    So just starting the thread about my tank. Its a 37 gallon glass tank. With 2 korlina 425gph, MAxspect 160 LED with an external overflow box into a 20 gallon sump with a skimmer ( I dont know what kind it is). The return pump is a rio 12hf. I dont have water in yet but it will hopefully by the...
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    Setting up First time Sump

    Im using a overflow box and it has a 1 inch bulkhead and that can do about 600gph with a 1 inch hose in it. same if you are going to drill the back. It depends on if the tank is acrylic or glass if the tank is tempered you can not drill it. The down side ot an overflow is that you can lose...
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    maxspect led temps

    well thanks for the info. I think I might put a fan in the vent to help the fan push the hot air out of the hood. There is about inch to inch and a half between the fan and the vent in the hood so the air should blow out the vent. But the its only like a 6 inch hood so its sitting at the top...
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    maxspect led temps

    well its in the hood so the back is open. I was thinking of putting is some fans in the back to blow air in but I dont know if that will be very effective at all. I will try getting pics up later of the install so its a lil easier to understand
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    maxspect led temps

    So I'm running the maxspect led 160 in my hood of my 37 gallon tank. I have not put water in yet but im still building so soon enough i will have water in it. The question is what is the average temp that it is running for other owners? Anybody have it in a hood and what temp are you getting? I...
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    Bulkhead placement?

    hey thanks for the info. I drilled it all ready but that bad part is after it was drilled. I had it on my floor and i kicked by accident and cracked the acrylic. So hate to say I dad to get a new tank. My new tank I got was glass and deeper which is nice. Because Im doing leds. Im not sure if...
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    Bulkhead placement?

    So I have been out of the hobby for a couple of years and now I'm back. But this time building my tank. All of my other tanks had external overflows. This one I want to drill. Its a 25 gallon acrylic tank 1/8 thick acrylic. Where do I put the bulkhead is there a specific spot. Obliviously you...
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