At 8:50 PM the main pump was started and the tank went into life. We had a brief scare that the pump was a dud but as it turned out some un-named people forgot to take the seal of the intake before attaching it to the sump
. But that was quickly resolved and all went well. no major guisers or waterfalls. Nate and Vince did a great plumbing job. The only issue is micro bubbles since the Euro-reef is so *** kicking and puts out so much volume that even in such a large sump, without baffles, bubbles reach the pump intake. We dialed down the air intake which seemed to help but we may have to create a bubble tower to negate the problem. The lighting is bright! paul did a terrific job on the lighting set-up. Over the weekend, I will situate some more live rock. if anybody wants to contribute live substrate, please let me know.