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    Filter socks

    hmm.. I should of bought more of these, I guess I will try the dishwasher. Should I use soap or just run it with no soap??? When I get more I will do the soaking method. Thanks for the reply skip!
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    Filter socks

    How do you clean them? I can't seem to figure it out. do you just turn them inside out or buy new ones??? thanks for the help!
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    SCARED OF LIGHT!

    If you are going to keep clams I think this is a good choice. Metal Halide lighting is probably the best choice in deeper/taller tanks, that way light can reach the bottom of the tank.
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    Picture Frame 20's!

    OK The moment that I have been waiting for!!!! IT'S ALIVE!!!!!!! :banadance: So i ran into a few problems: 1.) the mag 7 is WAY too much flow for the 1 - inch drain. I made a note to myself, that the next tank will have a HUGE DRAIN!!!! 2.) Water finds all of the damn problems in your...
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    MAG Drive 7 For Sale!

    SOLD!!!
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    Picture Frame 20's!

    Thanks J&D! I have the socks, just waiting for them to come in, and I was looking into skimmers, I totally skipped over the Urchin, I thought the Remora were going to be out of my price range that I wanted to pay. My LFS suggested teh Corallife Super Skimmer, but it requires a lot of tinkering...
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    Picture Frame 20's!

    Here are some pics of what I have done since yesterday Updated front Sump area Top tank Bottom tank - Fuge Stand fully open
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    Picture Frame 20's!

    GREAT! That stuff you posted the link to is what I picked up at my LFS today! Thanks for the feedback on the plenum too.
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    Picture Frame 20's!

    J&D, What kind of substrate are you using on your plenum, I hear bigger grain sizes are better. I also read in a forum that FIji pink special grade is a good option, is this true? I have my plenum space right at 1 inch and I was planning on 3 inches of sand above that, what do you think?
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    Picture Frame 20's!

    I don't mind the questions. From what I've read they do not need to be cleaned out every "X" amount of years. Once the Plenum area matures supposedly it even reduces how often you need to do water changes. Here are some links that I read to decide...
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    Picture Frame 20's!

    That will be my display Fuge and it does have to do with the Nitrogen cycle. the eggcrate will create my plenum, As for the PVC I did take it out because it was making the eggcrate too thick. I then just put 3 pieces of eggcrate on top of eachother to lower it an inch and then I will put 3...
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    Picture Frame 20's!

    OK, Some Updates!!! Finally, I know! I got the stand completely painted and the molding for the frames are painted. everything is in place and I finally have my 20H sump! Here are som pics. As soon as the framing is done, I will get it all cleaned up and add some water and get this thing in...
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