[NYreefNoob]

ok after avoiding getting a snail shell out of my drain line { hard plumbed } i finally broke down and cut the pipe. had noticed that my flow had slowed down considerably. and was thinking that this was also one of the reason's i was having trouble with algea. well after cutting pipe out and locating the shell had a nice little growth of algea inside the pipe where it was. so hopefully this help's my tank out overall. and yes i do have the opening for the drain covered now. had cover off for 1 day and ya see what happen's

[Deanos]

Good work.

I'll move this to your tank thread.

[NYreefNoob]

few of the added sps

	SPS Small Polyped Scleractinians - Sometimes known as Small Polyped Stony corals. These are hard corals that have extremely small polyps. They are typically on the difficult side and require Metal Halide lighting or dense Power Compact or T5 arrays. These corals are prized for their rareness and ability to be easily fragged into multiple colonies.

[autoponicz]

great looking sps pieces......im still trying to color mine up....

i also had a snail crawl into my drain and clogged it.....and i lost gallons of water spilling from my tank....but luckily it was very lightly stocked....
made a eggcrate grill for the overflow and they have been kept out since..

but neways......tank is looking good...and ur T5's look very bright

	SPS Small Polyped Scleractinians - Sometimes known as Small Polyped Stony corals. These are hard corals that have extremely small polyps. They are typically on the difficult side and require Metal Halide lighting or dense Power Compact or T5 arrays. These corals are prized for their rareness and ability to be easily fragged into multiple colonies.

[NYreefNoob]

ok been awhile since i posted on updates on tank. i finally figured out why drain wasn't draining that fast, i origanally had it hard plumbed with about 5 elbows and close to 7 feet in drain total, then i had a snail get caught so i decided to use flew hose since i had to cut the hard plumbing out to get a snail out. so i just spliced the tubing in. drain was going slow. after talking with rstimeout he had asked if return was going into sump and below water level, which it wasn't, but it got me to thinking. so now my drain tube just hang's down into my sump going into a filter sock. my drain flow almost doubled. the bends and angles in the flex hose was causing bubble trap. problem solved. i have also since added 2 1\2 sea swirls to tank and took out one of my modded tunze 6025's. so now i sit and wait to see the benifits or the derade of what i have done. as well i have added alot of sps. my next purchase is going to be a calcium reactor though. if i dont down grade before then

	SPS Small Polyped Scleractinians - Sometimes known as Small Polyped Stony corals. These are hard corals that have extremely small polyps. They are typically on the difficult side and require Metal Halide lighting or dense Power Compact or T5 arrays. These corals are prized for their rareness and ability to be easily fragged into multiple colonies.