Hey guys, (Sorry, should be "softy," not quite sure what "safty" is...)
Got into the hobby a couple of years ago, with a 55-gal tank that I had great aspirations for. It wan not drilled, so I had all my equipment hanging in the tank, taking up space, and creating bubbles. I had decent success with that tank for a while, keeping mostly zoas and a couple LPS frags. I always wanted something better though. About four months ago, my son decided that the fish looked a bit hungry, so he "solved" this problem by adding two entire cans of flake food.:Cry: Well, after rushing home from work, I removed all the livestock, and donated them to the LFS. Now that the tank was empty, it gave me an opportunity to learn from mistakes in the past, and set it up the right way. It's now drilled with a Glass-Holes.com 700 gph overflow, 20 gal sump, and dual returns. I ran freshwater through the system for three days to check for leaks. Then drained, cleaned everything I could with vinegar, laid the sand, aquascaped and filled it. It's been running for about two weeks. Still monitoring the cycle. The following are some pictures of the build, and I'll add more as the system progresses. Thanks.
Got into the hobby a couple of years ago, with a 55-gal tank that I had great aspirations for. It wan not drilled, so I had all my equipment hanging in the tank, taking up space, and creating bubbles. I had decent success with that tank for a while, keeping mostly zoas and a couple LPS frags. I always wanted something better though. About four months ago, my son decided that the fish looked a bit hungry, so he "solved" this problem by adding two entire cans of flake food.:Cry: Well, after rushing home from work, I removed all the livestock, and donated them to the LFS. Now that the tank was empty, it gave me an opportunity to learn from mistakes in the past, and set it up the right way. It's now drilled with a Glass-Holes.com 700 gph overflow, 20 gal sump, and dual returns. I ran freshwater through the system for three days to check for leaks. Then drained, cleaned everything I could with vinegar, laid the sand, aquascaped and filled it. It's been running for about two weeks. Still monitoring the cycle. The following are some pictures of the build, and I'll add more as the system progresses. Thanks.
