Wayne's 90 Gallon Build

[Cubeman]

Nice work there Wayne. Looks like you've done a really good job. With the light over the sump what you will find over time is that the right side of your skimmer will get encrusted with coralline algae. If you put up some sort of light barrier between the two sides it will save you a lot of work soaking and scrubbing the skimmer in the future.

[wmcinnes]

Originally Posted by Cubeman

Nice work there Wayne. Looks like you've done a really good job. With the light over the sump what you will find over time is that the right side of your skimmer will get encrusted with coralline algae. If you put up some sort of light barrier between the two sides it will save you a lot of work soaking and scrubbing the skimmer in the future.

Thanks for the input!

[wmcinnes]

Had a bit of a microbubble problem yesterday..
Skimmer discharges them everywhere and to be honest, my bubble trap does not do a whole lot of good and they seem to zip right past it.. Hopefully when I raise the stand and get the skimmer up a little higher and working as it should this will stop!

[Skimmerking]

Wayner look the tank and the rock layout. Well Done!!!! I would take the good rock and place it in the display and the dead rock in the sump. that is some noce looking live rock to be using in the sump. Just sayin

[wmcinnes]

Originally Posted by Skimmer King

Wayner look the tank and the rock layout. Well Done!!!! I would take the good rock and place it in the display and the dead rock in the sump. that is some noce looking live rock to be using in the sump. Just sayin

Thanks! I know!! It is some good looking rock but my dry stuff is all epoxied together and I am too lazy to break it apart and move it all. Hopefully the dead rock seeds nicely and starts to look like the good stuff eventually.. or maybe, if I am lucky, they will be covered with corals!

[newbie2]

Nice build so far! Its making me itch to switch one of my freshwater 90's over to salt! So many options and gadgets, and then there's the livestock choices!

[wmcinnes]

Alrighty! Well I added 2" of pvc to the bottom of my skimmer stand and now have it standing in about 7"-7.5" of water and it is has stopped overflowing and is producing a wet skimate! Problem solved!





I picked up some Cheato the other day and threw it in my refugium as well and while doing so, I noticed some pods in the refuge and in the DT. Life!! Score!







I also found a hitchhiker coral.. It is really tiny and im assuming bleached out if not, dead! Looks like some sort of Acan? I'm new at this so I am not really sure..



Thought I would throw in a shot of the QT tank as well for good measure.. Still empty sadly, not much longer though!!



All in all, still waiting on things to show up in the mail.