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I've been doing a lot of reading on refugium's and Calfo and some others recommend its size be around 20% of your display system. This way you can do water changes and stuff from your ref. Now for a 120 gallon display thats 24g, with a 10g buffer to catch the water incase of a power outage were...

The front of the stand is the side with 1 center vertical brace, the rear has 2. I used the cut out and "moved" it into the paper stand and I had enough room to get it in there and into position. I dont want to have to take apart my stand in order to get the sump in and out... So this little...

I'm in the design phase of my 120 reef. In my attempt to fit all my equipment under my stand I have created a scale model of my various equipment pieces. Then I move the little cut outs into the stand. The stand will be 48x24x36. Equipment list: Skimmer - H&S A150 Chiller 2 - 6101's with...

About the flow through... The manufacturers and distributors of recirculating needlewheel skimmers have been recommending a flow through of about 1.5x tank volume/hr. In your tank, that would be around 100 gallons/hr. By reducing the flow through, you will increase the reaction time. Presumably...

Thanks for the input... H&S site is pretty bad, and there isn't much info out on the web about the A150's... Besides buying the thing or calling H&S does anyone know where I can get a PDF instruction guide or some specs for the skimmer?

I'm planning a 120 build (4x2x2), and have settled on an H&S A150-F2001 skimmer... Now the tank has overflows so will be fed via that, but what would a good flow rate be? I like the blueline pump line but didn't know a good GPH to shoot for with that skimmer. Also is it better to get an...