Hey All,

Happy Saturday! I finished building the sump last night and installed it this morning. The main body is a 10 gallon Aqueon tank. Overflow water from the DT goes through a filter bag and pours into the 4 inch PVC starter tube (this was necessary to restart after a power failure). The starter tube drains into the fluidized filter which spills into a settling chamber that will be filled with rubble. The main chamber will have about 1.5 inches of aragonite gravel and chaeto. The return pump is a Rio1400 plumbed with 3/4 inch output to a 1/2 inch pvc manafold with two outputs bracketted to the hood. According to the pump's specs the system should be running at about 300 GPH. I checked the chemistry this morning and the stats are as follows: SG - 1.023, pH - 8.2, AM - 0ppm, Ni - .5ppm, Na - 20ppm. Does this sound right for a cycling aquarium? Anyway here are some pics and a video for your veiwing pleasure. As always all comments, questions, concerns are welcome.

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