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Gimmito's 450 gal L-shaped tank

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Here's a pic of the right rear of the display. A tunze wave box, 6205, & 1" sea swirl fill in that corner. I was able to place the magnets within the overflow boxes.
 
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I know was going to have a major dead spot in the right front of the display w/the rockwork. My solution is a tunze 6100 in a tunze rock (hopefully it doesn't stickout like a sore thumb).
 
I like the tunze rock plan. I bet it will look fine.
Long term, just be careful how you mount your coral.
Don't forget that you occasionally need to remove it and clean the powerhead.

I was wondering though, since you have a fairly deep/fine sand bed, if it might settle and move.
It does vibrate, and has a fair amount of pressure. Just a thought. Don't know.

Have you tried the flow out with tap water yet?

You know what works well for seeing the flow - those fine white chips/dust you have left over when
you cut PVC pipe. They flow around and provide great contrast to show the current.
:)
No - kidding - don't do that. It just happened to me because I forgot to clean one pipe.
Works well, but a mess to clean.
 
Mark,

I've considered the tunze placement and I think it will work for flow and ease of removal for cleaning. The tunzes will all be on a controller, so I will be able to dial in the flow.

Good thing I read your whole post before pouring in a bunch of pvc shavings to test out the flow. :p
 
Doing my part to stimulate the economy Dave. ;)

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The Reef Octopus SR-140 media reactor came in today. I'll be using the new bio sphere pellets in it.
 
I got busted last night by the little lady having somehow charged up a whole bunch of new equipment on the credit card!! She asked me if it was a legit charge to which I mumbled something to the effect of "yes".
 
houser said:
I got busted last night by the little lady having somehow charged up a whole bunch of new equipment on the credit card!! She asked me if it was a legit charge to which I mumbled something to the effect of "yes".
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LMAO.... you need a credit card she doesn't know about. ;)
 
I just got back from vacation and had some things waiting for me.

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6 buckets of Tropic Eden Sand that John from Ready Aquatics was able to get for me. :D
 
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I also received my bacteria & ammonia from Dr. Tim. I've been listening to various podcast and spoke to him regarding cycling the tank. Apparently, many large public aquariums use his products to cycle their tanks.
 
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