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it did just occur to me, that in order to achieve a slicker looking back for the control panel I can get a black acrylic panel, or a black sheet of acrylic and spray paint it black

I've never had an APEX before, having finally jumped the gun on a system I decided to find a way to display it. ended up buying plywood and drilling 2" holes and grommets that I spray-painted orange on top of the black background, I can say they contrasted well. Only change would be to sand the...

What have you been overfeeding it with?

oh wow thank you so much! Happy reefing to everyone

It's always exciting seeing things start to arrive I'm going to start with 2 gen 5s and as budget permits get the other 4 down the road.

Whoops, didn't mean to neglect the thread updates Suppose it's about time I posted an equipment list: Controller: As far as the controller goes, I'm using an APEX EL, here's the plan I'll use 2 EB832s and 2 old school EB8s 2 FMMs, one will be the ATK v2 and one will monitor flow in the...

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These are always fun!

Start at a low setting, about 20% of what you wanna run it as eventually. Then raise it 10% every 2 days.

Maybe using an maxijet pump and cold-ish saltwater, have the cold water shoot into the hole while the rocks out of the tank to get the nem to shrink and release?

I do notice dust/detritus buildup does make the pumps significantly slower

I have 4 in my 8 foot. Its overkill but I like the mix of flow front and back. They push a lot of water, most I run is about 30%, the programming is tricky at first but when you get the hang of it its a breeze

Next step with the stand was layering and staining the stand. I wrapped it in 1/2" oak boards, evenly sanded the borders multiple times and stained it a nice dark color to go with the rest of the room. Following this came another light sanding followed by 2 layers of polyethylene with sanding in...

It's actually not very difficult to work with, the way i designed the lighting rail gives me plenty of room to work and get in there!