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Ugh! Sorry to hear he keeps failing tests (tell him to study harder next time)! Good luck at the procedure on Friday. I hope it all goes well for him and you guys are able to make the meeting--mostly because that would mean things are going well.
Not to worry if you're not there, we'll move...
If the plan is for eventual growth then I would create a manifold and divert some of the water back to the first chamber of the sump (not the return chamber as that would likely create microbubbles in the tank). Since you really only need 1200gph max going to the tank that shouldn't be a...
We reduce at our bulkhead as well so that we carry the greater head to the tank and then drop down. I think we have our fitting screwed into, rather than on the outside of the bulkhead. All of our screw in connections are taped to prevent leaking. Hasn't been a problem. I would think that if...
For the fan placement it needs to blow at the water to have the greatest effect. All the better if you're hitting a turbulent area of the sump (but then you might want to watch the stuff around the airpath for salt creep).
The fan on your sump will do wonders for the tank temp, but if your house is already humid, I'm not sure it will help so much as the fan relies on evap to cool the water. We used a 1/4 chiller on our 120 tank for a summer it worked well enough to keep the temp down, but I'm not sure what affect...
We had a small gorilla crab sitting in one of our acros. He'd eaten a bunch of the flesh right off of it. We've since plucked him out and the acro is looking good now. Whew.
Very nice. Thanks for sharing your photos with us... but where's the FTS?
Your pectina looks like it has a really interesting texture. I've never seen anything like it.
I'd check with Will at AO, Trop and maybe one of the fish stores in PA. There's that one store that you can get a coupon for any item you buy on Tuesday (or Wednesday), maybe that would work?
I would definitely go for the Monterey series tank!