Sweeeet!

I can't wait to see it filled

Aren't you worried about a back syphon on your return if the power goes out? That 90 elbow looks pretty low, unless your sump can handle the extra water. Just curious.

Setup looks killer though. Love the dimensions. :mrgreen:

It looks low because the tank is so frakking shallow LOL.

That return outlet is only an 3/4 to 1 inch below the water line. I measured :-). So not that much water is going to siphon back. The sump is only half full (possibly even less) during normal operations so ya there is lots of room for water in the sump. I always design my systems this way. Pretty much the exact same deal as my 150g. I actually use this to my advantage when doing water changes. I turn off the return and let all the water drain and siphon into the sump that can and will. This fills up the sump tank. I then just pump out all the water from
the sump tank and refill to the previous line with NSW. Turn pump back on. Done :-)

It's Alive!!!
 

Fired this bad boy up last weekend. Made some tweaks to the plumbing and hung the lights last night. All params are zero(ish). There's currently 1 blue legged hermit crab and a hitchiker crab residing in the tide pool.

http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1265876333

http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1265876372

http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1265876392

http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1265876409

http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1265876445

http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1265876472

Lights consists of two 6 bulb 48" Tek T5 fixtures. Bulb selection is:

Back to front

Hamilton Tech - Actinic (420nm)
KZ Coral Light New Gen (15K)
KZ Fuji Purple
KZ Coral Light (10K)
KZ Coral Light New Gen (15K)
KZ Superblue (22K)

KZ Superblue (22K)
KZ Coral Light New Gen (15K)
KZ Coral Light (10K)
KZ Fuji Purple
KZ Coral Light New Gen (15K)
Hamilton Tech - Actinic (420nm).

and it looks something like this..

http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1265876543

I have it hung pretty high right now to work in the tank but will lower it a few more inches once I'm done.

Oh you bastard that looks nice.

You have some plumbing to hide though =)

haha, agreed :-) My location choice for that return was definitely flawed on this build! The return box will cover with coraline or I'll build a mountain to cover it, but ya.. that return line is fugly!! I'm thinking about just covering the whole thing up, removing that pipe and plumbing the return in the back of the tank and over the lip instead... if I can be bothered. That or I'll get the GSP to grow over it :lol:

Oh.. I guess I have that 1" line in the over flow box that's just capped off right now not doing anything. I should just use that as a return instead.

I know by the way you take your pics...you CARE how it looks. So take care of it man.

Ya.. I sort of do now. When I designed it it wasn't supposed to be pretty. It was supposed to be a frag tank! :lol:

anyway, I'm just happy it is holding water at this point. I was half expecting it to just fall apart and dump everything onto the floor over night. :lol: