I hope this is the right place to post, if not, I could move to the newbie forum.
Recently bought a house with a 225 tank built-in, but basically nothing but the tank left in place. I'll attach a photo I found of the tank set up in 2002 when the house was originally built.
When originally set up, it was originally run to a small sump sitting on a shelf in the basement. Oh yeah..... I haven't mentioned that the tank is built into a wall/cabinet and there's no room for equipment except in the basement.
In my opinion, the existing shelf was unacceptable both for the size of sump/refugium and terrible access for service.
I bought an existing 125 tank with sump that came with about 200lbs of live rock, coral/shell media for the bottom, and some hermit crabs. It also has good lights built into a hood, but the wiring is a mess and it currently doesn't work.
Here are some photos of the situation and what I've accomplished so far. Will post more later and look forward to your thoughts, suggestions, and mostly advice!
Joe
Recently bought a house with a 225 tank built-in, but basically nothing but the tank left in place. I'll attach a photo I found of the tank set up in 2002 when the house was originally built.
When originally set up, it was originally run to a small sump sitting on a shelf in the basement. Oh yeah..... I haven't mentioned that the tank is built into a wall/cabinet and there's no room for equipment except in the basement.
In my opinion, the existing shelf was unacceptable both for the size of sump/refugium and terrible access for service.
I bought an existing 125 tank with sump that came with about 200lbs of live rock, coral/shell media for the bottom, and some hermit crabs. It also has good lights built into a hood, but the wiring is a mess and it currently doesn't work.
Here are some photos of the situation and what I've accomplished so far. Will post more later and look forward to your thoughts, suggestions, and mostly advice!
Joe