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Evidently, I have a good luck charm, also named Mark. Mark C was coming over for some live rock yesterday. I have some in my old tank and went to look at it. The yellow wrasse, apparently not wanting to go to the new tank, dove into the sand to hide from me one again as he has been doing all...

Flow and lighting depend on what you are keeping. I still can't get my flow perfect, but movement without blasting corals appears to be best, especially if the flow direction changes. Great lighting can be expensive, but may not be required for what you are keeping. Small tanks can be more...

If you add benthic copepods or amphipods (bottom living) vs.planktonic (the free swimming type), you will have more luck seeding the sump as they will be less likely to enter into the water column at night. If your sock and skimmer location in the sump is before the area you want to add them...

There is a video on an abalone farm in California. They feed the abalone kelp. Since they are more of an macro algae eater, I wouldn't think they would be good at cleaning glass. Of course, I could be wrong about smaller species.

The goby is one reason I tried to make pillars, so the bottom corals wouldn't be covered by sand. The purple tang is now swimming around like he owns the tank and the yellow tang is leaving him alone.

I finished the cabinet doors by placing handles and magnetic catches. The locks stopped a small vibration of the doors when walking in the room. I also placed the purple tang in the display tank today. At first the yellow tang chased him. He found a couple places he likes in the upper levels...

Here is the 1 month update. The tank feels like an older tank, probably because 5 of the rocks came over from the last tank and much of the rest had been curing. Plus with the same fish and many of the same corals, it doesn't feel like a beginner tank; all of the rock has some color. But there...

I was planning on making a canopy for my aquarium, which has a black rim. The idea was both to hide the rim but to block light spill and glare from the lights above the tank. Plus the lights could be attached and possibly rotated away from the aquarium for access. However, I have been toying...

Correct, the tung oil is not a stain. I gives a harder, hand rubbed appearance, like if you coated wood with wax or wet the wood. Once the oil seeps into the grain, it hardens, making it water resistant. Think of it more as a water repellant that gives a little luster.

The stand is cherry, I built it myself with 1x4 Cherry and cherry plywood, The tank is Aqueon. I love Tung oil. It sinks into the wood. You basically wipe it on and it sinks in, leaving the wood with a wet look. It takes about a day per coat. You sand with 200 grit slightly between coats to...

The stand is almost finished. I cut the framing and panel for the doors, glued them, and the applied tung oil and polyurethane. I attached the doors to the stand when dry. I still have a little electrical work to do. The heater will also go in the sump. I added some magnetic mount...

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I would try it. I still have my empty 65 gallon aquarium that is still running.

Do you have a tank thread? I would love to see how your sump works.

I don't have the best answer for you. But what I did on my first tank was to use multiple slightly undersized heaters. If any stuck on, it wouldn't overheat the tank which I had read was an all too often problem. If any quit working, my temp wouldn't drop too much. Of course that meant 2 heaters...

Thank you Ray!!! The clownfish haven't found it yet.

Are the mesh easier to clean out?

I just started using filter socks. I was surprised at how fast it clogged. How many filter socks do you have? How often do you change them out? Do you have or prefer mesh socks? Do you have special feeding habits to keep food from going directly to the skimmer?

It is definitely an adventure. I learned a lot by doing it myself. First and foremost is research before you do. It is hard to adjust some things. In my case, by using a center support, I couldn't get a 30" or longer sump underneath. So everything is cramped and any add on will have to be...

I finally have fish in the tank. It took me seven hours to equalize the PH and salinity in the 2 tanks by moving water from the new tank to the old one (bucket acclimation), remove live rock while keeping the crabs, snails and corals, and to catch and move the fish. Part of this was because I...