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03/20/2011, 01:04 AM
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Moved On
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: League City, Texas
Posts: 3,974
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Ever wanted to just start over from scratch?
I'm nearly done with plumbing, overflow, etc. However, I made some mistakes that I wish I could just erase. The tank just isn't the same nor will it ever be. Yeah Yeah...I know...it will work. It's just that I pictured, dreamed, envisioned things to be perfect! How could I have made those mistakes after waiting so long. How did my impatience get the best of me? Most of it I'll never see behind the tank, but in the back of my head, I know it's there.
 A FRESH 90/G is starting to sound real nice!  I now know where I went wrong, what not to do, and could get the tank and stand for about $500. Who am I kidding, my girlfriend would never go for it! It was sounding real nice though! 
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03/20/2011, 01:34 AM
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Home made abyss
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Lake Saint Louis, MO
Posts: 2,047
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It's never as bad as it seems, Re-doing PVC, running better electric lines and even re-doing my sump lately has kept my mind working. Better is always a possibility, with in budgets. Look at it this way, Your learning and learning is a good thing, but don't let it get the best of you. Like I always say, 17 years of reef keeping and just when i think i have it down, i find myself still learning.
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Don Reefing since 1993 Current Tank info: 125 gallon DT , 125 gallon basement sump. Rw 15 & Rw 8. Panworld 150ps return. Reef Octopus 150 skimmer, 3 165w mars aqua led. |
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03/20/2011, 04:15 AM
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Registered Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Cali.
Posts: 3,199
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Haven't we all? 1st tank-125g, no sump-gone. 2nd tank-135g-plumbed by lfs, flood waiting to happen-gone, 3rd time the charm?--210g all done by me, still working on it and asking many ?s
It's gonna be perfect, right? lol I hope so. 
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03/20/2011, 06:33 AM
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Griffy Lover
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Crestview, Fl
Posts: 383
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When my hubbie and I plumbed our 120 gal, we re-worked the plumbing serveral times. First we had flex tubing going to sump, but ended up with pvc. Learned the importance of ball valves to control flow and got the kind that you can remove
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