90 gallon reef build. progress

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Originally Posted by mseepman

Looking good so far. Is the sand in the fuge the same as the bag you are showing? Are you planning to seed the sand with some live-sand?

Lastly, how are you managing the flow accross the fuge? I looked at a center fuge but all the input I received suggested that my flow would be too great and so I put it on the side with a seperate pump (TOM125) providing some minor flow to it.

The live sand won't be disturbed much. I doubt I'll have a problem with too much flow... We'll see how it goes to startoff, but i doubt too much flow will be a problem . The sand used is in fact the same sand used in the main tank. I'm not sure whether I'll be seeding the sand. I'll grab a cup or two of sand I got in my work tank, and I'll place a couple of small pieces of live rock rubble. I'm figuring that thru time, this will be sufficient to properly seed the tank. What I could do, if it does become a problem, is add a ball valve on the 1 1/2" return pipe, and place the pump diverted pipe back to the return chamber (where the pump is) so there will be less flow in the fuge area. not sure if I wanna go that route though. we'll see how it turns out.

Originally Posted by mr_alberta

Are you beefing up that stand? What's it made of? I don't know if I'd put 1000lbs of stuff on that Ikea looking shelf without some beefing up

yeah, I was worried as well, but I won't have a problem. I built the stand purposely so it wouldn't have a center brace, so I have full access to the sump/fuge. The lateral pieces of wood are directly under the tank sides. They're 1 1/16" thick, and the top shelf is 2 1/4" thick. The weight from the top shelf is also distributed along the length of the stand, so the extra 2 lateral strips also will help balance the load.