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Thanks! I paid my fee yesterday and realized I should have done that a while ago! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

They are neat. But how am I going to get that to work with a cell phone? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ok first off let me say this. I love this specific thread. I love seeing how everyone has started and finished their build. With that being said I wanted to do my own thread even though my tank is almost a year old. So to start I bought a 40B, stand, canopy, Coralife skimmer, and some dry live rock and live sand as well as a 2 bulb T5HO light. I also bought a used spectra pure RODI unit. My original plan was to use this equipment and by the extras as I needed them. Originally I didn't use the canopy. This was my first attempt at aquascaping and getting the tank wet. This was one of my first inhabitants. I bought 3 originally not knowing they are best in pairs. 1st mistake lol. I also didn't know to expect a algae bloom mistake number 2. I never thought to get a clean up crew until this happened. Then came the big mistake. A purple psuedochromis. This fish was an assassin. He killed everything I placed on the tank after him. I had 3 chromis and a six line that he killed. So because I was new I assumed it was because of poor water quality. I later figured out that it wasn't. So I started adding a few easy corals after 2 months or so. They died lol. I thought maybe it was my light was under powered. So I upgraded to a 36" power compact unit. In addition to killing the corals I was growing algae like crazy. So I decided that maybe adding a sump with chateo algae would help. This is where things changed. I contacted the guy that sold me the tank. He had ran a sump with it but the skimmer wouldn't fit inside his homemade stand. So I decided to buy it anyway and build my own stand. I over engineered the heck out of the thing but here it is before paint. No 2X4s here all 2X6s. The only plywood I used was on the doors the top and bottom. The sides were even made with 2X6s. Then I decided to hard plumb my cpr over flow with schedule 40 pipe. Not a bad idea but the only way I can get it off is to cut the pipe :( Here it is all set up after the build. I was happy with the set up for the most part. I added some chaeto afterwards and then added a BRS GFO/Carbon reactor. This greatly helped my algae problem. However it was the middle of winter and driving this big rig along with working full time cut into my husbandry. So after the winter was over I was able to use my snow money to buy a LED fixture. I now have a IT2080 evergrows. I love these lights. As of now I have bought a new used skimmer which is a euroreef RS-80 I believe. It skims way WAY better than the coralife ever did. My psuedochromis has found a new home and I was able to give my wife and 2 year old their "Nemos" lol. In conclusion I wish I knew about this site before I started. I can't even begin to tell you guys how much I have learned from your posts. It is wonderful for new reefers like myself to have a place like this to learn and get advise when we are stuck. For this I must say a huge THANK YOU!!!!! Oh and I know how much you guys like full tank/ recent pics so here ya go. P.S. Sorry for the crappy cell pics but it's the only camera I have. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hey there. I'm also in Frederick. I'm new to the marine aquarium but if you need help let me know. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

When I build my in way display I'm planning on using pressure treated lumber for the stand spraying it with killz then paint over the sealer. As for your build out above the tank I would use the green board on metal framing studs. Then paint all that with killz. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Guess I ain't the only one with creatures in my sump. Thanks! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Lol. Darn crab. I threw him back in my display. If he finds his way back to the sump that may be where he stays. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I did that. Lights have been on the tank since March. My corals exploded when I recently ramped them up. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I have a zoa frag, GSP, and two Kenyon Trees. My lights are like 18-20 inches from the surface. However that's going to change in a hour or two Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Does anybody use any type of clean up crew in their sump? I don't have a filter sock on mine at the moment. I know that's dumb. Anyways I found a baby blue leg hermit in my sump tonight and it made me think. There's prolly food on the bottom of this thing. If there's food there's prolly nitrates. So that's why I was wondering. Your thoughts???? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Nice work. Wish I was intelligent enough to build my own lights. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Add c63 to my invoice please Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks Richard. Stuff was awsome. Sent from my SM-T217S using Tapatalk

D21 sold. Sent from my SM-T217S using Tapatalk

Me three. Theres only a dozen or so of us bidding on stuff Sent from my SM-T217S using Tapatalk

D2 sold Sent from my SM-T217S using Tapatalk

Can I have c98 for 1$? Sent from my SM-T217S using Tapatalk

No doubt. Sent from my SM-T217S using Tapatalk

Any 1$ frags left? Sent from my SM-T217S using Tapatalk

B85 sold Sent from my SM-T217S using Tapatalk

Sorry morgan Sent from my SM-T217S using Tapatalk

B75 sold Sent from my SM-T217S using Tapatalk

B57 is sexy Sent from my SM-T217S using Tapatalk