bertie 83 wrote:Really nice, you have a good eye for tank decorating.
Thank you! LoL, that is what two stick of Aquastick and three hours gave me (after the move, it was fun, but after moving the rock and the tank, I was sooo tired, hehe). It's a shame that it might not survive the upgrade =( I hope it does. Be a nice center piece for the two colums I hope to build with the dry rock I plan on buying. I decided to forgo making my own dry rock for several reasons: I would have no idea what to make after a cave like structure, and, I have to get this set up before I leave in June for 3 weeks. I want to make sure everything is going smoothly so when I leave, I have no problems. This totally slipped my mind until the bf asked me what I was going to do when we left. LoL, oops. I also joined a bay area reef forum, and they are putting up a LR/dry rock trade seminar and aquascaping class at a local college. Totally plan to check it out. I want to get some good ideas at how to make a good reef shelf ^.^
Nuclear_Glitter wrote:The only reason I foresee the skimmer not being enough is once you add the sump that's your technical gallons, of course. However, it may work just fine either way because you don't have a whole lot in your tank. I would say just test and see how it goes and if your water quality is staying good, then it is enough. If it turns out you need more you could just purchase another BakPak and add it on, and use the two together.
bahahahha, I am glad someone besides me is thinking about all this, because this tad bit of important information, would have totally been forgotten. Thank you, thank you thank you sooo much for pointing this out to me!
You are exactly right, and I would have never put two and two together. ^.^ this is why I find forums in this hobby so important! I can't have any misteps or this won't be ready by the time I need to leave for Alabama haha. You just potentially saved me from a huge headache ^.^ I do plan on going as big as I can with the sump, so definitely looking at 100+ gallons.
