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Saltwater Build - Start to Finish (Photolog)

Old stand and canopy from my 40 gallon breeder

Sanding down the tank and canopy for new paint

Got the tank from craigslist and had to do some deep cleaning

36" nova extreme 4xt-5 with moon light

Redoing sump to size needed

Sump test run

Painting tank black

Installing light on the canopy

Added 2 computer fans, one outake and one intake

Spray bar around the whole tank with mag 9.5

Oddysea skimmer ps160

Test run

Everything running correctly. Waiting for cycle to complete.
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  johnnytrinh commented
  
  02-14-2013, 09:43 AM
  
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  Originally posted by Geral
  
  Yes I am thinking about it , at least a 90g looking like this awesome tank,
  It's look much more what Would be the word? Pretty lol
  
  Btw this is one of the cleanest tank I ever see no to much algea really clean
  
  Thanks for the compliment. I think it's still lacking a lot. Everything in the tank was started with a frag. Maybe I just need to give it more time to be larger colony.
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  augusto9605 commented
  
  04-28-2014, 10:38 PM
  
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  Congratulations it looks great and thanks for sharing this, I just got a question, What did you use to put together the pvc piping? could regular cement be toxic for the fish even once it gets dried?
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  InfamousAquatics commented
  
  06-23-2014, 01:08 AM
  
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  This tank has really progressed! Looking good!
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Saltwater Build - Start to Finish (Photolog)

by johnnytrinh

Old stand and canopy from my 40 gallon breeder

Sanding down the tank and canopy for new paint

Got the tank from craigslist and had to do some deep cleaning

36" nova extreme 4xt-5 with moon light

Redoing sump to size needed

Sump test run

Painting tank black

Installing light on the canopy
Added 2 computer fans, one outake and one intake ...
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by soymilk

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by soymilk

It has recently been brought to my attention the topic of nutrient control in a reef. I'd like to write up a quick little article on why its important to try to keep these elements low and why it could be detrimental to your reef. I'd like to explain it in a few easy question and answer type examples.

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