12,000 GPH!!!!!! Is this in the 75? Thats like 160x turnover. I'm surprised you can keep the sand down with that. Now you got me wanting to add more flow. I only have about 36x turnover.

The pics didnt work, can you post a link to the thread on RC?

Sorry to hear about the crash. What spawned in it, calupra?

I really like the aquascape. I'm a fan of the islands on each side, it will look really good when everything grows in. Just a suggestion but I think you could use the other 20# of rock and make the left side higher than the right. Like a tower going straight up. Thats just my opinion though it looks...

I love the sanford and son ringtone

Do you have any one year old pics? I would love to see how much the coral grew in a year.

I love the Acros on the wall

Try to get that pump up higher in the tank it should increase airflow. Hopefully that will work and you can get some of those pretty corals you seen today

Simple but my favorite design.
http://www.melevsreef.com/acrylics/sumps/f/sump_f.html

thanks. i think my light might be to small. its 125w. i will look at it and see, i might have to go to lowes and get a bigger one. crazywesc, your link isnt there, if you can post it again. Sorry i havent been here in a while if anybody is still interested. http://www.melevsreef.com/fuge_bulb.html

Im not familiar with this skimmer but it looks like the pump is very deep in the water. I know that some HOT skimmers perform better the higher you can get the pump because of head pressure and other reasons like more nutrients accumlulate on the surface of the water. I found a pic of your skimmer o...

Its a 60"x18"x26" 120g that has only been used for fresh water. Very clean and no scratches. I started to set it up for saltwater but had to move before I finished it. The back is painted black with krylon fusion, I built a 30g sump for it. Thats as far as I got. The tank has not been...

Here is a good link about some bulbs. Look at the 5100k bulb it looks like it works well.

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