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nyfus

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My new plan is a 125 FOWLR, ready for the reef in just two moves (new lights and coral) I have the plumbing set up and only need to put a baffle in the refugium to give it a dry (wet) run. Then add 3 power heads and I’ll be ready for the live rock and the sand. Three to eight weeks later I can put my precious little fishes in it. This is what I have or will have:

125gal tank
GenX 70 pump 1570 gph +4 foot head with 2 returns
1 Berlin classic skimmer
1 wet dry sump with bio balls removed and 3lbs of live rock rubble inside
1 10gal refugium with 5+lbs of live sand and macro algae
1 hang on side refugium 19x4 x12 with 13 watt PC
3 1100 Rio power heads
2 250 watt heaters (will not fit in sump) 1 in refugium 1 in tank
450 lbs of sand
50 lbs of live sand totaling 6 inch sand bed
8 pieces of 5 inch PVC pipe 5 inches long for support of rocks in sand
150 lbs of live rock
2 thermostats

LIGHTS
2 65 watt actinic bulbs power compact
2 65 watt duel daylight power compact
1 centered 250w MH bulb (I need 2 more to have a reef tank)

ON THE SIDE
1 RO unit
1 45 gal can with lid
1 250 watt heater
1 1100 power head
1 sponge filter (for quarantine tank) in sump
1 air pump (for can and air sponge filter)

QUARINTINE TANK
30 gal tank
1 200 watt heater
1 extra sponge filter
1 thermometer
1 florescent light
6 misc. 5 inch long pieces of PVC pipe

OTHER
Hydrometer
Master test kit
Phosphate test kit
15 gal salt mix
Well… a bunch of stuff

When I get the glass in I will run a test and let you know how it went but for now I would like to know if I missed any thing.
I really want to do this right and have taken my time and done lots of research (Davek has helped me a lot) but I am still worried I missed something. Can you give me advice on my system?
 

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:welcome:

One thing I would do is split the drain to the the sump and fuge instead of teeing off the return pump.
 
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I agree. With a ball valve to control the flow to the refug, you may have a difficult time cutting down the flow if the elevation of the refug is not high enough (6 inch). It will overflow easily.

So tee off the overflow from the display into the sump and the refug as Wazzel says, and it should be safer.
 

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