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In the pics I posted earlier I showed sand . That lasted only a few months before I removed it and went with only a few random pieces of rock I could not fit anywhere and macro. Also at the time a was using a 5500K CFL bulb I got at HD. I switched that to one of the red LED refugium lights.
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Looks good.
As for the plumbing,
Keep the overflows sized as is. Increasing them will not do anything. For the manifold, what do you plan on running off of it? If only the DT then yes just increase out of the pump to 1" into a tee then 3/4" out of each side with ball valves to control flow. It...
I can't see how it would matter. As long as the skimmer is processing dirty water then it's doing its job. I can't imagine it's possible to set it up so all water is skimmed. This is why we generally have several different means of export, skimmer, gfo, gac, macro, and so on. Not one part can...
Personally I prefer real rock. Either the dead/dry stuff like Reef Rocks or Marco Rocks, or live rock. I've seen a few tanks, mostly pics with the DIY stuff and to me it looks like concrete, which it is but I just don't think we have the skills to make it look realistic. That and the dry stuff...
I have SPS as far as 21" down with the light hanging about 16" above the tank. You will not have any issues with the ATI sunpower. 8x80w. You will not be disappointed. If you get a chance and want to swing by to take a look feel free Dan
Thx Kevin. I never really got into acans. Got these from someone a few months back and they have just been sitting in the frag tank. So I figured I'd move them up. Guess I'll leave them where they are and see how they do.
Was a little bored so I took a few pics. Not much has changed here though I pulled a few acans and such out of the frag tank and figured I'd give them a go in the DT. I never really collected these so as far as placement i just put them on the sand. Hopefully that will be fine. Any tips for them...