Sweet pics them are beauties! And don't go leading people on. Those fish aren't going anywhere I know I made that clear =)

Well if you do shut it down, which Brett says your not allowed to, me might have to chat about the angels......but don't tell my wife I said that........she might kill me.

I am drooling looking at that queen angel

If and when you shut that system down, lemme know... I'll take the lot.

The vultures are circling I see.. :lol:

It isn't a matter of "if". It is a matter of "when".

I vote i'm the biggest vulture!!!! And then you wouldn't have to part out... cause i'd take everything! Think of how easy that would be..

I guess that would make things easy :-) Keep in mind though that I am not shutting the entire system down. Just the 131g "FOWLR" extension.

Yup! Thats all i'd want! Looking for a FOWLR

Cleaning the sump!
 

So after running this tank for about two and a half years, I figured it was about time I cleaned the sump..

Here's what I was up against.

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I had planned to cleaned the sump a year ago but one thing led to another and well, here I am :neutral:

I started at 1pm today and finished up at around 9pm. :cry:

So the first thing I did was pull out all of the equipment. The skimmer, return pumps, heaters, probes, etc..

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Although I had not cleaned the sump in over two years, I was actually better at staying on top of the skimmer maintenance. This is its second scrub down and vinegar bath in two years.

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Shiny!

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Holy tube worms batman!!! I hate that cleaning process.