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Old 10-26-2004, 04:02 PM
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He Dude! you should take pictures of your progress while building that tank, and post them for all to see. Gonna be a smokin' reef!
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55 gallon cube - 50 lbs LR - ASM G3 skimmer - 30 Gallon sump - 22 Gallon refugium / frag tank - 4x 24 watt HO T5's - Mag 9.5 return - Pin Point PH monitor - 400 watt XM 20K MH in Lumenarc reflector - Dual stage GFO/NO3 media reactor - 6 stage RODI auto top up -Wavemaster Pro running 3 Koralia 2's.

Fully stocked with fish, corals and usually some fine scotch
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Here is a photo of the plumbing on my new tank

and here is the foam wall after sculpting around the overflows and all 16 return holes. I used about 5lbs of dried LR in the wall for a more natural look as well as some ledges to place frags on. The foam is coated with 5 coats of marine enamel and everything was allowed to cure for a week. Here is the finished wall.
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It's hard to see the detail, but the depth of the foam varies between 1/2" and 4". Here is a pic of the tank with the LR and corals in it.

I kept all the coraline shavings from the old tank (new sump) and spread onto the foam wall. Should be saturated in a few months. [/img]
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Argh! I have to figure out the pic posting process for this site!
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bear with me here...
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Argh! I have to figure out the pic posting process for this site!
If you edit your post and remove anything after ".jpg" the pictures should show up.

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Here is a photo of the plumbing on my new tank

and here is the foam wall after sculpting around the overflows and all 16 return holes. I used about 5lbs of dried LR in the wall for a more natural look as well as some ledges to place frags on. The foam is coated with 5 coats of marine enamel and everything was allowed to cure for a week. Here is the finished wall.

It's hard to see the detail, but the depth of the foam varies between 1/2" and 4". Here is a pic of the tank with the LR and corals in it.

I kept all the coraline shavings from the old tank (new sump) and spread onto the foam wall. Should be saturated in a few months.
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that is incredibly awesome!!
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Thanks, Ryan. I'll have to find a sticky thread about posting pics on this site.
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Thanks, Invigor!
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I forgot to mention that I picked up a Gen-X Mak 4 pump and I'm totally impressed.
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