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Old 10-22-2011, 05:46 AM
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Vertex IN-280 Skimmer



Sump pictures after many hours of plumbing



Check valve





Refugium draining into 40g sump



Two TLF reactors - 1 for carbon, 1 for phosban



Reeflo snapper return pump - love this thing!

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Old 10-22-2011, 05:49 AM
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Framing the lighting hood





Skinning the lighting hood



Prepping for painting









Inside painted white

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Old 10-22-2011, 05:53 AM
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Stained





Lights have arrived - 4 250watt metal halides (20k Ushio) 4 39watt T5 (2 KZ fiji purple, 2 true Geissman true antic)











Ballast to foot (size 9) comparison

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Old 10-22-2011, 05:55 AM
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The beauties wired in place



Left side



Right side



One of the moonlights



And then there was light. . .



Left side



Right side

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Area in the furnace room where my top off tank and water-change tank will be. The display is on the floor above.



Work on brute cans commencing





Plumbing



R/O unit



Tie in to the washing machine line for the r/o



R/o drains to the floor drain



Plumbing complete



Heater and floats

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Old 10-22-2011, 06:02 AM
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Running upstairs. .



And the basement completed



Fans and floats arrived



Float in the sump floating



Heater in the overflow heating



Fan installations









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Old 10-22-2011, 06:05 AM
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Neptune Apex System arrives







Display



During installation



Probes - Temp, PH, ORP



Lights in the fuge



Skimmer starting to pull. . .



Shelf installed

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Wow! Looks good man!
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