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I think I've got enough folks to help, thanks WAMAS!

Thanks man, text replied! Richard, that is very cool of you. Sent you a text! Don't hold your breath on completion anytime soon. I'm wanting to rush it, but I feel like I should get "nothing good happens fast in this hobby" tattooed on me.

Both!

The goat of saltwater. Please get pictures in by midnight tonight! BUMP

+1 See what I did there?

Moving a 150 from Fairfax to Arlington tomorrow. Could use just a few more hands to lighten the load and make quick work. Meeting at 10am, should be finished by noon. This will not be one of those "show up and nothing is ready or planned situations" that you may have been in before. There is a truck ready to go, and I have ratchets and blankets, the drive is about 20 minutes tops. Of course the usual incentives are in place, I'll get pizza and beer.

Just wait for my 250gallong build in 2014. Or when I just turn the bedroom into an aquarium.

I forgot to mention, I got mine from Quantum Reefs before they had the store front. Another important piece would probably be that they said they started with about 15 of them....

I bought my 5 all at once. Now I have 4 and its been 6 months. They are peaceful with my other fish.

Congrats man, tank looks awesome'

Skip the 40 and just go as big as you possibly can right now. That is my friendly advice to you from a guy who started with a 14gallon in Nov 12'.

So things are rocking and rolling right along. I'm in on the Evergrow GB, bringing me up to a total of two IT2080's. That should do me just fine with lighting. My next worry was getting enough flow, problem solved, found another MP40, not the es model, but oh well, it will get the job done for now. I'm picking up a 30 gallon sump tonight. It seems like such a small piece for such a large tank, but the biggest width I can go is 16" without getting something custom. I could fit a 55 gallon in there, but I wouldn't be able have ANY room to work in it. There is always the DIY factor on the stand, but I won't have the time or patience on, or the room. My next concern is cycling. I have all the rock I want to use, and probably don't even want to use all that I have. I'm keeping this bad boy simple and clean. I have been inspired by Brad. I think I'm going to place all my new rock that I plan on using, and let it cycle with a chunk of my current rock. If I were to throw a large piece of rock in there with some GSP on it, or an easy lps, it would most likely be alright, correct? The large rock I intend to use will most likely boost the cycle very quickly, as well as once I transfer everything over, it should pick it up to speed with a bunch of goodies that have been growing in it for a while. I am torn on what I am going to do about the bottom. I really enjoy bare, but I want a little bit of sand, and I think I'll probably transfer my crushed coral in and lay it in a corner and scatter about how it may. Anybody have opinions on this? Next step will be moving corals/livestock. I have some pallys that are growing on my overflow box, and they are sure to cover it at the rate they are growing. I plan on covering both overflow boxes with pallys. I think a razor blade and some coral glue will hopefully solve this problem. The current colony spans about 8" across and 7" down. I will be moving the tank in this Saturday AM. If anybody is available to help, I would love some extra hands. If there is anything I'm skipping above, chime in, want to get this done reasonably right the first time!

Really nice shots coming in! TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY FOR ENTRIES!!!!!!!

Right takes it up, left takes it down for me

Jason has. Benefits? It looks bad ass.

Be the second one in the family to beat Ben10?

The copods taste like copods!

Just went through this. I took my rockwork out and put in rubbermaid containers while I cornered. They also make fish traps, and there are presented home made fish traps out of 2ltrs floating about.

Looks good. Lotta rock in there!

Welcome!

Would anybody put a matt underneath their stand before they put it down?

Now I'm just curious about what happened to that gigantic clam!

That is a good one... I was going to add one, and I read about them on WAMAS and some folk that had them... What are you reasons to want to run a refugium? The reason I'm asking, is because when I do a switch, I want to make sure that I learn from mistakes, mine and others!

For those who don't know: A mulligan is when a player receives a chance to perform another move or action. I looked for it, and some of you may very well be able to find it better than me (maybe it was on RC?) but there was a whole thread about what you would do differently if you could set up your tank again? I would like to hear from the experienced reefers, and those who are just starting and learning by trial and error (myself included) If I could start over again, I think I would make the following changes: I would go bare bottom. Or a light sanded area, nothing crazy. I would have built my own stand. To have access to the sump, or put in a different sump is out of control for me right now, space is very limited. I would have started with LED's I would have started with an Avast CS1 from the start as well. Let's hear it. And if you can find that other thread I was talking about, please send me the link!

Hahahaha. It's funny because it's so true.