cool, thanks for the advice I'll definitely do that!

Look great so far!

What are you using for water flow?

It's a speedwave dc pump (1320gph) with the adjustable flow as recommended by paul at oceanic corals where I get a lot of my stuff :p

He talked me out of using a Tetra pump which I had gotten a good deal on from work. I'm still using a 450gph Tetra for my skimmer though..

Haven't thought about any powerheads yet either but I know I'll need a few of those too!

So I spent like an hour last night cutting egg crate and messing around with my plumbing and now the water level doesnt even come close to reaching the top of the skimmer.. this doesn't seem right at all >_>

I've bought a bigger pump because I already knew the one i was using wasnt strong enough but I'm dropping it back down lol

Looks good!! Just make sure you get insurance for water damage at your condo :lol: just in case...

haha i have contents insurance but they said there's no insurance i can buy that will cover me if the thing leaks and ruins the unit below!

Alright guys!

I've finally corrected all my plumbing, skimmer, and leakage issues!

Very satisfied with the result. She runs like a dream and is very quiet!

All I have to do now is finish up the cabinet, route some more wiring, and buy some lights!

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(water looks quite yellow because of the kitchen light I'm sure it wont be an issue once i get some lighting over the tank)

Of course I'll be cycling the water for awhile until i put anything in other than LR ;D

Looks very nice so far. Clean build. I would get rid of that metal hangers though and go to lowes and buy plastic hangers. It wont take long before they rust up real good. Just speaking from experience.

Are you going to close in the top or leave it open like that? My vote... leave it open and have some super slick LED fixtures hanging from super low profile wires. I think that would look SICK. It will also keep a sense of openness between your kitchen and your living space. I know they're hard to swallow cost wise, but the fact that you can program them to mimic a real sunrise to sunset will be another amazing dynamic addition to the room.

Also, I have my skimmer in a chamber that is twice as deep as it should be, so it's on a PVC and egg crate stand and it works fine. My major mistake, I bought PVC legs that float. Find something that doesn't float.