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It is oolite, Bahamas oolite Arag-live from Carib sea. It is essentially very small calcium carbonate. When I used the refugium as a hang on refugium, I always ended up with red cyanobacteria there as it had no flow. I found out that area was meant to be a fine sand bed. I plan on keeping...

I finally moved over some of my live rock with a few of the corals, sponges, and rock anemones. This did limit me somewhat as far as positioning them so the rockwork is not as airy as I would have liked. Here is the tank running on the stand with some live rock added from my old tank...

ACC had some.

Paul, Here is one of my take 'son your approach. I got the idea from one of your posts earlier on the subject and did something similar, but this post expired this one. In my case, I used coral branches for the feet, pieces of coral usually too small for a tank, shells, and a white...

Initial water was in a few days ago. Some of the live rock was placed in the tank to get exposed to the bacteria and/or to bring in bacteria or some organics. I tried the skimmer in the tank, but it bubbled too profusely. Water is in, with a little help from Ultimate corals when I ran out...

With the stand frame finished, I moved it into the room and placed the tank on it. I modified the plumbing from a single durso standpipe "mega flow" to using the Durso standpipe as the primary siphon drain controlled by a gait valve with an emergency backup through what was supposed to be the...

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The tank stand frame is assembled. The finish has been applied. The doors will be assembled while the tank cycles and breaks in. I also plan to brace the back with 1/4" cherry plywood. After the finish dries, I will bring it up and place the tank on it and do the rough plumbing. The ATO will be...

Here is the start of the stand framing.

If the sump has a bulkhead, you might be able to remove it and run the pipe down through the hole to about 1" below water level. The pipe must drain more water that the return pump. I believe you can find an on-line calculator for the max (non-syphon) flow you can expect. I wouldn't convert it...

Here is the stand design I plan to make. There will be cabinet doors on the front, and I could always add them to the back for a peninsula orientation.The material came down to Black walnut, Cherry, or White Oak. I did not feet like a pressure treated pine 2x4 stand would work for me as with...

Tank Location - Long post, but I thought it was a good idea to share where I decided to locate the tank as the location is important for large aquariums, especially deep tanks. I wanted to put a large tank (180-250 gallons) in my downstairs play room, primarily because it would have been on a...

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And a last batch.

And a few more.

Here are a few pictures I took.

I like this group of pictures.

She has known for a while that I want a 180-250 gallon tank. I just wouldn't have the space for it yet and didn't want to wait that long. I would still like that, I just need to get more experience, especially with a sump and better lights.

My wife wasn't exactly thrilled when I brought it home.

I am calling it a Shelly tank as I plan to incorporate some sea shells into the landscaping. I know they will end up covered in coralline but, I still think they might look interesting. I hope to also have an abalone and a clam shell from one of the reef clams.