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Old 03-26-2007, 08:17 PM   #1
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What's under your reef aquarium?


I got tired of looking at the mess under my cabinet and did something about it. Bought a few new items and rearranged a few other items. Let me show you what I have down there.
Here is a FUTS (Full Under Tank Shot) Showing my setup. It's a very large sump with a nice size refugium in the center.


Just cleaned the skimmer cup and it's getting right back to work. For those of you that I know will ask...It's an ASM G2 Skimmer.

Keeping cooling easy in the cabinet, I added this little guy today. Takes up no room at all and blows like crazy.

Another new addition is this GFCI Power Strip by Belkin! I have way too much electricity running around down here to risk a fire. Never have an aquarium without GFCI Outlets or one of these at the very least.

My new little Fuge Light. Small and space saving while growing macro algae like mad. Using a 6500K Compact Fluorescent bulb as suggested my Melev's Reef.

If you are going to return water you have to do it right! Mag 9.5 Return pump is kickin some water!

Another cooling Fan to keep things ice cold down below.

Not shown is my 250W Visi-Therm Stealth Heater. Plastic and won't break if taken out of water.
So let's see what you have under there! Post em up and tell us about the equipment you chose to use and why.
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Old 03-26-2007, 08:19 PM   #2
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Here is what mine looked like clean...LOL

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Old 03-26-2007, 10:15 PM   #3
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here is a pic of the sump are. it is below the level of the tank, it is just 45' away.



here is a pic directly below the tank in the crawlspace.



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Old 04-03-2007, 12:22 AM   #4
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really like that power strip, where did you get it? i get shocked all the time at work and have felt some stray voltage in some of utilty tanks. whole reason i switched from glass heaters to the hard exterior kind.
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Old 04-03-2007, 12:27 AM   #5
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Mine is a mess!!!!! Here is an old old pic but similar looking. I dont have the bio balls anymore then thats about it i think.

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Old 04-03-2007, 08:27 AM   #6
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really like that power strip, where did you get it? i get shocked all the time at work and have felt some stray voltage in some of utilty tanks. whole reason i switched from glass heaters to the hard exterior kind.
I found it at Lowes I think. lol I was on a shopping binge that day and hit Lowes, Home Depot, Walmart & Target all one after the other. I am pretty sure it was lowes though. It's made by Belkin. Should be easy to find.
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Old 04-03-2007, 11:06 AM   #7
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cool thanks!
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Old 04-03-2007, 11:14 AM   #8
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here is what I got......but you all put me to shame.......



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