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andrewz
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I am in the beginning stages of upgrading my 40g reef tank to a 75g reef with 15 or 20g sump/refugium. I got the tank a couple weeks back off bananaboat. The display will be viewable from 3 sides with an overflow on the 4th side. took while to get the thick layer of coraline algae off the back panel haha. Must have been a few mm in spots. Nothing vinegar cant handle. I also got 2 canopies from bananaboat. I will be combining the 2 and opening the top of the cannopy. I will hang my light over the open canopy top. 
 I just got my skimmer from a friend. He bought a used reef concepts aerofoamer 624. It got damaged during shipping. He sent pics to the seller who refunded his money but never asked for it back. So he gave me the skimmer for free. The damage is in the collection cup top and would not effect performance if not fixed. But it is definitly fixable. nice! thanks jake. 
 I have my new lumenarc mini de 250watt metal halide over my 40g now. Acclimating my corals to the increase in light. I was previously running t5s. I am running the pendant with a 400 watt dimmable lumatek ballast, set to 250watts. It will make a upgrade to a 400 watt lamp cheap. All i need to do is buy the bulb. Im running a pheonix 14k.
Ill post again when it progresses a little more. Any questions...insight...advice would be appriciated. Thanks for lookin.
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redneck reef
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Boy that take looks awfully fimialar(winkwinkBananaboats my cousin) Im glad to see that the tank went to a good home. It was for sale for awhile. Best of luck with the upgrade
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Lookin good! What made you go from T5 to halides?
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andrewz
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several reasons. 1. light penetration metal halide light penetrates deeper then t5 2.quiet 3.with this set up all it takes is buying a 400 watt bulb and changing the setting on my ballast from 250 watts to 400 watts if i want to upgrade my light output.
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bananaboat
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looking good and yeah that coriline was thick lol glad it worked out for you
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andrewz
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i might have to buff it a little on that side but looks pretty clean. hows ur new tank comin?
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andrewz
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here are some beginning blueprints of my sump and and plumbing.
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bananaboat
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the side that had all the algea?
new tank is running good most of the coral is in there and 1 clown fish will be moving a few tangs in there today as well and one of the mh
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andrewz
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cool. ya the side with the algae. but it could be risidual crap left on the glass from the vinegar bath. So i found out that the glass studio on BGSU campus has a glass drill press. It will even run water onto the bit as it grinds away. All with the pull of a lever. Cant wait to use it on my tank and sump.
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andrewz
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Hey its been a while since ive been able to complete anything substantial. However this past week I have gotten most of the plumbing done. Here are some pics of what i have so far.
custum overflow box
3 drain system
 the return line
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