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Yeah I’m kind of concerned about that too. Maybe I should add more rocks?

Here’s our first attempt at aquascaping. The wood in the back is to show the height of our tank. Any feedback would be appreciated. Front view Top view Side views

I think those just come down to personal preference and what options your tank allows for.

I am thinking about buying 2 of these. Then essentially stacking them, with the ro/di tank on top, SW mixing tank on the bottom. Then plumbing the ro/di to drain into the SW. The SW would have an external pump that would mix the water and could then pump it to my sump. My return pump is also...

Am I going WAY overboard getting a 125 gallon ro/di and 125 gallon salt water mixing tank? It seems like my options are essentially 55 gallons or 125 gallons. Our system should be about 150 gallons between the sump and display tank.

I appreciate the offer. I think I’m just gonna order from BRS and install them on Friday. I need like 6 of them, lol. I’m going to do a little modification on my return like to drain into the sink, and then use them on my water mixing station as well. I could only find the cheap red handle...

1 inch or 3/4.

Does anyone know of a local place that sells these? I’m trying to avoid waiting until Friday to get these shipped from BRS.

That would've been a good idea and saved some space. Also, I think I'm going to mount the brackets to the wall behind the tank. I'll have to do some modifications, but it should work just as well as mounting them on the rim of the tank. It'll also keep the brackets completely dry and further...

Yeah. Just the 1 AP700. For what we want to grow, it should be ok. And if we want to do more sps, we can add a second one. Threaded into the bulkhead wouldn’t have worked for my main drain and my trickle drain. With the 2 90’s on each, there wouldn’t have been room to turn them. Maybe I...

Ugh. First rookie mistake is in the books. I was setting up the Kessil brackets to mount my AP700 on the tank. Turns out I don’t have nearly enough room between the tank and the wall for the bracket to fit. So it looks like I’ll be hanging the light from the ceiling.

Yeah. Unfortunately I think my trickle is about 1/2 to 1 inch too high. Right now it probably keeps the water level in the tank too high, as the trickle drain is just slightly above the bottom of the overflow cut outs. It makes for quite the quiet operation, but that's because there isn't any...

Yeah. Definitely not an issue of flooding at my current water level. I’ve added some more water since that picture and still have tons of room left in the sump. I’ll have to work on my water levels after I actually start putting salt water in the tank as I’m guessing the water level was too low...

As far as the water level, I honestly have no clue. That’s one of the big mysteries for me right now. I’m not sure how much water should go in the sump. The section next to the return pump has a sliding wall to adjust the water height. I have that pulled up as high as it goes. As far as I can...

Picked up a few goodies today from License to Krill!

I just set up a bean animal and put the full siphon drain lower in the overflow box. I had to because I didn't have much space in there, but in my testing so far, it doesn't seem to be an issue. I'm also running a much larger sump than usual for a 95ish gallon tank, so the extra water in the...

Ah. I was wondering if they were sized to just run loc-line through the holes. Makes sense now. There’s no tab, just 3 holes at the top, but sounds like what you’re talking about. I’ll have to check out the great stuff fire block. And that’s exactly the plan. A fridge will be next to the...

Welcome! Great tanks!

Also, I realize that the water/electricity situation right now in the garage is not a good solution. We’re actually getting an upgraded sub-panel this week and my plan is to run a new circuit for the sump and accompanying items. Along with that, I’ll be fixing the mess above it. As well as...

Thanks for all the advice. I’m kind of stuck with where the tank is right now, but I did have it out enough that it was off the tack strip. Yeah, the valve underneath is for the main drain (built a bean animal system). Seemed like a good place to have it so I could watch the tank as I adjusted...