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These are the notes, thoughts, and especially ramblings of my journeys through reefkeeping and whatever other nonsense my brain comes up with!

220 saga continued

Posted by: andywe in User Blogs

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andywe

I have never in my life had a tank give me so much gried as this one to get set up. Maybe it is an omen..as clearly, from the timeframe involved already it hasn;t been rushed...

The new sump works..however the bulkheads are stillr efusing to seal properly. SO drip drip every time no matter what. I am almsot at the point of siliconning the darn thing sin or using plumbers putty...I would rather they jsut seal!!!

Other than needing to get some spa flex pipe, I should be good to go at this point (providing the bulkheads seal).  I will try again this weekend.


220 FOWLR Setup update

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andywe

Well, it has been an 8 week saga on the sump I wanted. After 3 attempts to ship me one intact, and three broken sumps, I got my money refunded and settled for a lesser sump only. I got an ADHI Berliner 45. I ordered it last Friday and received it this morning, intact!! YAY!!


Setting up my 220 - continued

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andywe

Well I FINALLY got my Pro-Clear Flex 400 Sump/Refugium in today after almost a month of waiting. All in all this is pretty sweet! Sump size is 42" x 16" x 16", and the convertible refugium chamber is 14-3/8" x 15-3/4" x 14". The bad news is that it came in with a chip st a top corner, and a scratch on the bottom. I did take pics of it all, and it is a little disappointing. I will be calling Pro Clear tomorrow about it. What really concerns me is that Aquadirect.com, whom I ordered this through, no longer lists this item.


Setting up my 220 - the beginning

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andywe

Well, about a month ago Leah and I picked up Raven's 220. What a beautiful tank!! Zach came up to Kentucky with us ans we had fun getting it drained. Danny, as usual ended up almost crawling into the tank to get things done.