It will be a year working on this tank 25July 2011. Nevertheless, I've been making progress. I have run water in the tank to check for leaks. Photos below layout my progress to date. I plan on being up in running within the next four weeks if all all goes well.
undersump setup with closed loop, ocean motion, reeflo dart, ati bubble master skimmer
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3. System hooded to drain underneath tank
4. Water mixing station in progress
5. uv and doser
6. power switch on homemade canopy