I know you don't want to here this but reef tanks require matience especially new ones. As far as girls that are into reefing don't know of any. What your asking for is quite simple. Run bare bottom tank with nothing inside and no lights. LOL no just kidding. But seriously you just want to put rock work in the middle of the tank and put flow around it. Crushed coarl to stablize your ph a bit. A float switch, a pump , and some kind of containter to store your top off water in.
Perhaps I can explain this even though your a visual person.
So your tank has a little electrical switch just like a upsidedown light switch but the part you flip with your finger is fliped by a floating piece that turns the power on when the water volume drops and drops the floating piece. So water goes down and the pump turns on in the top off container. Water is pumped back into the display untill the level turns rises to the perfect spot triggering the pump to turn off.
so you need a bucket , pump , hose and a float switch. (even the float switch from home depot or boating store.
Perhaps I can explain this even though your a visual person.
So your tank has a little electrical switch just like a upsidedown light switch but the part you flip with your finger is fliped by a floating piece that turns the power on when the water volume drops and drops the floating piece. So water goes down and the pump turns on in the top off container. Water is pumped back into the display untill the level turns rises to the perfect spot triggering the pump to turn off.
so you need a bucket , pump , hose and a float switch. (even the float switch from home depot or boating store.