What have you done to your set up today?

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  1. oldfishkeeper

    oldfishkeeper Giant Squid

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    just getting planning done on what I'm going to do to get ready for our vacation and leaving my tank :)

    Will be calling our friend tonight about the dimensions of the tank I'm going to order and hopefully he can start the stand and sump build for me.

    Update - just ordered the tank! yay! It's the 65 gallon wide that I was looking at the other night and that Marshall helped me find through his thread posting.
     
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  3. Todd_Sails

    Todd_Sails Giant Squid

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    New toys?
     
  4. oldfishkeeper

    oldfishkeeper Giant Squid

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    Toys that I hope I can figure out :)...I still don't have the whole sump thing figured out yet but our friend knows what he's doing. Ok, should I have a refugium in the sump as well? Not trying to derail the thread.

    Now, I guess I need to look at new pumps and a new skimmer - thought I had spent all my money on big ticket items already LOL
     
  5. Todd_Sails

    Todd_Sails Giant Squid

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    FWIW, my DIY sump has a seperate chamber to keep the skimmer in constant height water
    Then it goes to a huge mass of Chaeto,
    I do have an MJ pumping to a UV filter- then to my DIY phosguard reactor-
    Then to the area of the RP

    So I'm kinda calling my Chaeto area my fuge.

    NO LR or rubble, it's all in my DT.

    There's probably a million ways to do it
     
  6. oldfishkeeper

    oldfishkeeper Giant Squid

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    I think that's all I need is some chaeto. So you have 3 compartments?
     
  7. Marshall O

    Marshall O Giant Squid

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    Awesome! Congrats ;D
     
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  9. Zgetman

    Zgetman Ritteri Anemone

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    Drained my QT into another container, to start leek repairs.

    Tested ammonia lvls 3.00 QT/1.50 DT.
     
  10. zesty

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    25 gallon water change and moved some rocks around that keep falling. I wish I could get them to stay put gosh darn it!
     
  11. Zgetman

    Zgetman Ritteri Anemone

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    I just finished sealing my QT and now waiting for it to cure.
    I also cleaned the streaks off of my DT glass today.

    I am staring at it and wishing for some fishes. lol
     
  12. oldfishkeeper

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    Ammonia is a good thing!