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Stayed up late last night breathing PVC cement fumes and made progress on the plumbing. I can't wait to plug in the Fluval SP6 later today!

Thank you! I have put a lot of thought into every single phase of this project, but I'm sure I'm going to miss something along the way. Luckily I've been on and off in the hobby for 10+ years now and I've learned from all the mistakes that I've made in the past after cutting corners. On a...

Yea let me build my tank! Lol jk..the reason why i started this thread was to gather as much input from everyone. As for the flooring, the house is 2.5 years old and the carpet still has another 5-8 years left, which is why I left it in.

Funny you ask, but my intentions are that this tank is permanent. The last thing I want to do, especially with SPS is to have to move things around. Whatever flooring we decide to get will have to be built around the tank. When/if we decide to move I can easily remove the tank and patch the...

I will definitely have Chaeto and some smaller pieces of live rock in the fuge. I haven't thought about what else I would throw in there yet. I'm a firm believer that if the Chaeto is growing and thriving, then it's sucking out the excess nutrients that you wouldnt want in the tank. I believe...

Thanks! I actually got some of my ideas from your sump design. I did get the fluval SP6, but I was concerned it wouldnt be enough flow with my single 1.5" drain and 1" emergency. Since the pump output is 1.25" I used an adapter to go 1.5" to a union, then to a wye. One line off the wye will...

Thanks! I actually wanted the tank that you got from Marlin but you beat me to it. I settled with this

Hahaha..close enough!

He offered to but it wouldnt have looked good. It wasnt his fault, I should've specified better on my drawings.

Started the leak test and still perfectly level

Matching refugium. He messed up drilling the hole in the front but I'm just going to patch it with an Advance Acrylics sticker LOL. All good!

I picked up my Sump from John @ Advance Acrylics on 11/14. Well worth the drive from San Diego. 1 week turnaround, great communication, and amazing quality!

Just out of curiosity but where did you get the spears ball valves?

Yeah I saw that after doing some research. I decided that I'm going use the 1.5" as the full siphon drain and 1" as backup. I know I'm chancing it with only 1" emergency but I want more flow.

Got the tank on the stand on 10/31. It took four of us to lift it into place. I placed an insulation barrier material between the concrete and stand to help prevent the wood from rotting. I still need to finish painting the bottom of the stand.

Carpet complete!

I've been extremely busy with the tank but I'm making progress. Here's a pic of the area where the tank will be located. I removed the carpet around the area since we will eventually upgrade the flooring.

Nice setup! Im going to be running the fluval SP6 on my setup. Is that a union on the pump outlet? Where did you get it from? Also, where did you get your other unions and pvc fittings?

Nice of you to admit that and this gives me extra motivation to setup my QT tank.