My 300 Gallon Nightmare!!!
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Cutiewitbooty
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I used to have a bowfront so i know how your feel 
It really does look great though! You ordered all thoes corals off liveaquaria? They look really healthy, very impressive. I'm still working on getting my first peice of SPS lol You know what your tank needs? clown tang lol They are so pretty See i'm worse than you, i would have it even more stocked by now.....slow poke
It really does look great though! You ordered all thoes corals off liveaquaria? They look really healthy, very impressive. I'm still working on getting my first peice of SPS lol You know what your tank needs? clown tang lol They are so pretty See i'm worse than you, i would have it even more stocked by now.....slow poke 
Matty,
Thank you for your kind comments and for reading the whole thread. There is a very old saying that goes like this:
"If you have to ask the price...you can't afford it"
That's the crude way to reply to your question. The nice way is to simply say thank you and move on.
The actual dollars can be easily calculated by doing some research online at Marine Depot or Fosters & Smith and calling around for estimates on glass & cabinetry.
However, I think the proper way is to get you to think in terms of the time, energy, planning, education, research, engineering, discipline and passion...not to mention my closest friends and family planning a Reef intervention.
Those are the true costs...the value of this endeavor.
Cutiewitbooty
New member
"Reef intervention" Hahaha my husband mentioned the same thing to me Now if i had your set up i think he would lock me up in the loony bin :mixed:
Now if i had your set up i think he would lock me up in the loony bin :mixed:
melev
Well-known member
Looking at the picture of the baffles, you have quite a bit of flow going through the bubble trap. The water level is so high in the intake/skimmer section that the water has risen higher than the middle baffle. No doubt part of that is due to the foam inbetween Baffle 2 and Baffle 3.
However, if this is what works for you, just be sure to clean those out weekly. If you have enough black foam to trade out a set each week, that will be the simplest.
However, if this is what works for you, just be sure to clean those out weekly. If you have enough black foam to trade out a set each week, that will be the simplest.
Thank you for your interest and comments.
I am not sure what you mean by having the filter sock in the water. The filter sock is tied around a pvc T that allows me to divert one of the drains into the sock. The fact that it is in the water is relatively immaterial. It might be somewhat more efficient if the sock were just out of the water so that the detritus would be trapped in the sock and not have the possibility of overflowing the sock. However, I change the sock twice a week so the sock never overflows. The detritus comes out with the sock.
