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34 gallon tank (32x16x16"), 24x16x16" display area, rest internal sump. 3 24W T5 lights with individual reflectors and 15K bulbs. 2 occelaris clowns, 1 6-line wrasse, 1 bicolor blenny Euphyllia, Xenia, Zoas, Caulastrea, Fungia, Discosoma, Ricordea, GSP

It's where you apply a thin layer of sand on the bottom with some epoxy or other method. That way the bottom will look like sand but you can go full blast on the circulation.

I pulled out my Tunze 9002 today, it wasn't really skimming much so I figured I might as well take it out and see how it does skimmerless. If I start getting increased algal growth it's going right back on :)

Introduction of live rock.

Surface agitation helps the water oxygenate because an agitated surface gives you a much much greater area of water/air contact than a flat surface. The protein film that builds up on the surface lessens the oxygenation and doesn't look very nice either, an overflow solves that problem,. As...

It's a lot more expensive though.

As I'm preparing to start up a 34 gal reef tank after an aborted attempt last year (which failed due to me going for a setup way more elaborate than I cared to maintain) I've been looking through my bits boxes and found my SCWD. First I thought it was dead but a good long soak in warm water...