dangit, I posted a reply to this hours ago and it has up and dissapeared... oh well.


Steve, we are talking about a fuge! ;)


Gary, I think I agree, what's the point. I stayed up for hours today (i work nights, sleep days) turning this idea over in my head trying to weigh the pro's and con's as well as my amature mind can, and I came up with a few thoughts.

1) this design does not adhere to the KISS principle, and therefore, must not be used.
2) I plan on curing my live rock in the tank itself when it arrives, and the fuge will allready be up and running, it will be neccessary to have the ability to turn some ball valves and cut the fuge out of the loop so as not to shock it into a nasty mess. This requires the fuge being a seperate container.

3) If my wife indeed does sign off (or I ambush her with it) on me building an entertainment center around this sucker, why do I have to have my fuge under the tank? everyone agreed that gravity fed return from a fuge is best... and in an entertainment center, I can EASILY move it off to the side and all my concerns about heat from the halides is no longer an issue. YAY.

My one demand on my fuge is a heavy pod population, this can be accomplished very simply by putting piles of rubble in the tank, and in the fuge, no need for anything fancier.

Thanks guys...