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I wasn’t planning on adding my substraight until after I’ve cycled the tank (help prevent algae), but seeing as how I’m going to have to wait at least another week for my live rock, I thought I would add the substraight tonight. I actually started cleaning it last night while handing out treat to the kids. I’m using a finer sand and I’m liking the look of it. After spending hours positioning the powerheads to eliminate all but a few small dead spots, it looks like I’ve created a few spots of strong flow. After putting the sand in the tank, I smoothed it out all flat. After 6 hours, the power heads had gently moved some of it around. It’s kind of cool, almost looks like snow drifts. Now I’m getting some more ideas on how to arrange the live rock when I add it to get the full benefit of the flow. I’ve also added a pic of my sump now that I have everything in place and running.






I also got a Rubbermaid container for extra slat water. I’ve now got 15 gallons in there and I want to have about 20 just increase the ammonia levels get too high during the cycle and I have to change some water. I likely won’t have to worry about cycling with 2o to 25% live rock, but its better safe then sorry.