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[Montreal Ray]

I painted background black and finished plumbing the return and drain to basement sump





Here are some pictures and video of my dual refugium / sump with DSB, Cheato & auto top-off.

Dual 33G basement sump
Cheato
Deep Sand Bed (DSB)
Gravity feed auto top-off
Carbon reactor
Mag-18 return pump







http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNjfG...layer_embedded

I have since replaced the skimmer. I purchased a Bubble Magus NAC7 because my Vertex in-180 was too much of a tight fit. In fact, I initially was going to put the skimmer in the same chamber as my return but I calculated my height wrong, I needed an extra 4 inches. The second sump was a tad lower but I still would not have enough height to raise it to the recommended water level. Rather than re-building the stand, I bought a shorter skimmer.

The cheato is now in the last chamber right before the return pump.







I will be posting the rest tomorrow. Thanks for looking!