Hi - I'm new to this, and even though I'm from Vancouver, now live in Montana which is the middle of NOWHERE and no one knows anything about SW here and if they did it would cost a fortune to get stuff! Still I get to the Lower Mainland every couple of months so have made a few shopping trips.
I have a 55g which is 3 months old, and already I realize the mistakes I've made, although nothing has died! I am really impressed with your tank set up, cabinet, sump, plumbing, etc. This is all the sort of thing I'm planning for a few months from now when I feel I can rearrange the tank, replace the crushed coral with some fine sand, put in proper lighting (any advice, anyone), start getting some coral without adding to the bio load too drastically. I want to build a real cabinet which can house everything (and also deal with issues of heating and insulating - it gets really cold out here and my tank is up in the attic in my studio). Your pictures have given me much inspiration, and its really easy to see how you planned it all, so - thank you.
Is there space for a refugium in that set up? I've got plans for a DIY skimmer from an old fart in Richmond VA who's been in the SW biz for over 30 years and figure I can make everything away from the tank myself, and would like to have a fuge in there as well.
Any advice you can give will be gratefully received.
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