Fluval Edge with 15 Gallon sump

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by FishyFishy!

Yeah I really wanted to use those, but I couldn't find any where I looked, and I am fairly unsure of how to make them stick in the counter sunk holes (glue?) So some advice on this would be awesome... I already hate the velcro!

I thought the velcro might be a pain
Talk to Grizz about where to get them and how he attached his magnets to the doors as I've never done it

[SandSifter]

Any updates on this bad boy?

[FishyFishy!]

Originally Posted by SandSifter

Any updates on this bad boy?

Yup! got everything in place and set up. Got some of the rock out of my other tank, but I have to 'downsize' a lot of the rock to be able to fit in the hole at the top. So I have some chizzling to do! But there is some rock in there, a lot of sump rock/rock rubble in there, basically filled the whole sump. Bought a little blue devil damsel who is hilarious... he loves the powerhead. Play's in it all day. Also -

Found a good light color combo
Added Snails and hermits from other tank
Added Koralia Nano Powerhead
Added Fluval heater
Added Tunze Osmolator ATO
Added Blue Devil Damsel
Added floss rack and floss

Still to do:

Clean up all the wiring
Velcro the Tunze ATO controller to stand
Velcro the LED color contorllers to stand
Chizzle my nice display rock to get smaller pieces into edge (add more rock)
Add Protein skimmer
Add TLF 150 Reactor with Chemi-Pure Elite.

This is the sump about an hour in, I will get a better pic soon. There is a tonne more rock in there now, and a different heater, ato, etc etc.








Top down look


LED through top screen

[FishyFishy!]

Sump as it sits now, ATO controller in place.



Rock in sump



Nice rock from my other tank. Covered in Coraline



Crab hitchin' a ride on a snail

[SandSifter]

Looking good! What skimmer are you going to use? I just do 10-15% changes every 2 weeks in my 10 gallon and that seems to work out just fine, but then again I don't have the livestock list that you will. Nice work, looks great.

[Ginu]

Looks good so far... Too good lol

Love the rocks and I have to ask, how do you get that nice purple coralline on them?

[FishyFishy!]

Originally Posted by Ginu

Looks good so far... Too good lol

Love the rocks and I have to ask, how do you get that nice purple coralline on them?

Just start with a good piece of quality live rock with lots of coraline on it already. Put it in the tank with the other rocks, and make sure that your calcium and mag are always in check. I found that the best way for coraline to thrive. My other display is pure purple, and I just started with one pure-coraline covered piece of rock. It spreads on it's own.

Many people have tried stuff like "purple up" and personally, it has done nothing for me. I tried it for almost a full year of dosing on an old tank, and had maybe a couple tiny little patches of coraline.

I also keep calcium high in that tank because it's got a bunch of clams in it.

[FishyFishy!]

Originally Posted by SandSifter

Looking good! What skimmer are you going to use? I just do 10-15% changes every 2 weeks in my 10 gallon and that seems to work out just fine, but then again I don't have the livestock list that you will. Nice work, looks great.

My perfect skimmer for this setup because of the simplicity of design, use, and it's compact size, would be the Tunze 9002. I've had 3 of these skimmers in the past on various sized tanks and they are fantastic. It'll fit perfectly with the magnet mount on the back side of the sump right in front of the overflow drain. So thats what i'm looking for. I just hate buying things at new prices lol. So i'm waiting for one to come about used.