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04-11-2020, 04:15 AM
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Leave the back black. Helps hide your powerheads too. Plus makes the colors in the tank pop more. And it hides the algae build up better so you can have lazy weeks and not scrub the back of the tank haha
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Current System 75 Gal with 30 Gal Sump Reef Past Tanks 60 Gallon True Cube 30 Gallon Breeder 165 Eurobraced Starfire Custom 10 Gallon Softy Tank(My First Tank) 
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04-11-2020, 02:48 PM
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All good points, thanks and i think you are right. i suppose if i do change my mind i would have an opportunity to slide the tank out a tiny bit in the future if i did a massive water change.
Update time. Long weekend means get water in the tank, right? wrong. i posted in the aquascaping thread some advice so ill offer up mine that i completed a week ago. Made a mock 170 out of the cardboard box the tank came in and mulled over every move i made for a few days before i set it all together. Hacking the box up into a tank also helped me consider things like flow and space between glass and structure. For people who like to glue or cement their rock work together, i highly recommend the Aquaforest Stone fix cement. I was able to lift and shake so i was confident it wasn't coming apart midway through the lift into the tank.    
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04-11-2020, 02:55 PM
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Step #1 to less future tinkering
Automatic water changes. Yesterday i went to town pulling water lines up from the basement (more on downstairs later) I pulled 3 lines. ATO which will sit downstairs, NSW from mixing bin downstairs, and a discarded SW line that runs to drain in utility room. I also pulled a USB for Apex so i can have an FMM with optical sensors, my apex DOS downstairs, and 12/2 Lumex for a dedicated receptacle.  
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04-11-2020, 03:42 PM
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Lookin good dude. Is that the Walt Smith rock, or some equivalent?
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04-11-2020, 05:48 PM
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Sweet, following along!
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04-11-2020, 07:59 PM
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Nice work man,coming along nicely
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180 starfire front, LPS, millipora Doesn't matter how much you have been reading until you take the plunge. You don't know as much as you think.
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04-11-2020, 10:21 PM
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Quote:
 its been great having all this extra time to get stuff done. It's also a great distraction from all the noise these days. Hopefully there is lots getting checked off the 'to do lists' in the reefing community. it would be nice to see a resurgence of activity on the forums and tank journals as a result of new found time from covid.
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