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I appreciate the offer and would like to check it out. Let meknow what would work for you. I tried to send you a PM but you inbox was full.

Redundancy is something that I'm trying to build into the systemand was leaning toward external pumps. They seem to be a good solution if youhave the space.I like the idea of having a having a pump prerigged in the eventof an emergency that someone could swap it out. Spare fittings and extra pumpsare critical it seems. Plus someone you teach how to deal with the tank and themajor emergencies that could occur and have detailed instructions for them tofollow or video to refer to. I had someone else tell me their CA reactor is finicky and theywere going to switch over to dosing. I like the failure response of the dosing pumps.Something that I will review!

I had thought about putting the refugium above the tank but I'mnot sure I have the ceiling height to do that. I will take a look and see if itwould fit in the utility room where all of the equipment would go. Good idea on the RO/DI storage! Many tanks have the sump and refugium combined with excellentsuccess. I separated them thinking that a larger refugium would provide alarger bio mass to filter the "dirty" water from the tank? Not sure if this holdstrue? Should the main drain return into the sump or the refugium first?I was having the water flow into the refugium first thinking it would be a goodway to filter the "dirty" water first before it headed into the sump forskimming and retuning to the tank?

It is a lot information to review and I would like to see yoursystem. I

I live in Vienna and would sure like to see some systems andI don

I knew some of the equipment would not be necessary untilthe tank matures and or requires it. I want my plan to include the supplementalequipment to ensure I had space for them. The fudge should be able to 50% ofthe total tank volume and sump? What about the sump size?

I have been lurking on the WMASsite for over a year and I'm finally able to set up a tank that I have beenplanning for quite a while. I'm building a 120 gallon reef tank systemand have been spending a significant amount of time on researching the variousdesigns that I could use to create the system. I want to make sure I have avery solid design to start with and will tweak it as need once I get movingalong. I have come up with a number of different ideas on how the system couldbe installed and not sure which is the best for optimization of the system. Thetank will be in the basement and I was planning on putting all of the equipmentbehind the tank in my unfinished laundry/storage room. I would like to put thetank in the wall but that is not an option at this point. I have includedrough designs for the layout of the system and would like some feedback on it.I'm not sure which design is the best but was leaning toward the vertical lay out option. Iwanted to make sure I'm going down the right road before I make the drawing toscale and place all of the equipment in the correct place with plumbing linesdetailed out. Are the sumps and refugium inthe correct order? Are the sumps and refugiumsized correctly? How much vertical distance doesthe water from the tank need (distance wise) before it enters the sump orrefugium? Is there an issue with the water not falling to the floor as itenters the sump? Thanks Dave Vert Option Tank 2.pdf Horz LayoutTank Option 1.pdf Top Down.pdf Two wall layout.pdf One wall Equipment Layout.pdf

Thanks for the offer and might be in touch!

Thanks for all of the information and I might give it a try myself!

Have you had good success with the kits from Glass

I live in Fairfax and I will call Aquarium one

I'm building my first tank which is a 40 gallon breeder and need to drill the tank for the overflow. Are there any shops locally that can do this? Atlantis Aquariums in Richmond will but it would be nice to have it done locally.