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Unfortunately due to space restrctions My display tank is only a 55. But the large sump in the basement makes up for It by giving me a large area to grow frags

Comparing the beggining and end pictures I couldnt be any happier on how it turned out. Sorry for all the posts I just couldnt figure out how to put those pics in between the text

24 hours latter and is time to add some water At this point i have 60 gallons made. Just enough to run the sump.

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As we need to let it set for at least an hour we go to get a slice of the best pizza arround here and then we do a quick visit to the LFS Come back and we do the other 2 corner braces and the each side of the bubble trap.

We decide that we should put the center piece of the bubble trap first as it needs to be lifted from the bottom. Tape each side of the seam put the glass in and let it set. Same procedure for the other partition in the other side.

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Next the corner braces are taped and placed. We can only do 2 at a time as we only have 2 of the "special" holders required to do the job

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I proceded to clean the corners of the tank ( they couldnt be reached before) And gave the tank a wash with vinegar. My friend Psychographic Arrives arround 12 with the glass. We mark where the pieces of glass will go and procede to clean out the glass with the steel wool Once everything is...

Once the J channel was removed I proceded to take the top out I worked with a razor blade cutting the silicone arround the top. All along I thought there must be a better way to do it. This was the most difficult part of the whole process. It took me 3 hours to carefully go arround the tank and...

It took about 3 hours to do the cleanup At about 8 am I started dissasembling the tank I removed the J channel by placing a "dentist pick" in between the side and the channel and running it all the way through.

So here is how it went I got up about 4 am last saturday Emptied the sump and took everything out of the tank After that I proceded to clean the coraline out .

After not listening at the begining to anyone that told me I would regret it, I am now re- doing my sump due to the braces that the tank came with. Note the left and right braces, It only allowed me access to 2 ft in the middle

I forgot to add that the light is inside a canopy now not sure if it would make a difference

I have a sunpod 150 MH. The light came with the ballast inside the fixture. As it wouldnt fire the 20 radiums I converted it to use an external ballast. My question here is now that the balast is no longer inside do I need to keep the fan that is inside the unit or can I actually take it out also?

Let me know If you find a decent price. I am also looking !

why do they have to block all the fun stuff at work? ??? ??? ???

what camera are you using?

I saw once a repair job in where the teeth were lost and they replaced them with a piece of mesh with thick holes that was tied with zip ties to the other teeth