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The tank and skimmer are here. Thanks Dave @ BTR for ordering me this awsome custom 80 from Lee Mar. I am waiting on the stand and then I can start. I am also looking at CJ standpipes for this build.

I made some Ferrous Gluconate solution to test on marine macroalgae. It seems to work prety well and has really low toxicity to marine life. Also it didn't affect the growth of microalgae too much. If you want to grow your macros you can buy it commercially sold as freshwater plant iron supplements. such as this Seachem Flourish.

http://www.seachem.com/Products/prod...urishIron.html

I made my Skimmer order this morning. I hope this is the right choice.

Xtreme 160 Cone Protein Skimmer

Single pump Xtreme 160 conical protein skimmer. Comes with an Atman 2500 pump. An integrated removable bubble plate to help reduce turbulence within the protein skimmer. Fully disassemble, due to the removable base plate. Perfectly balanced body and neck. Gate valve pipe output allows you to adjust the skimmer and have precision control of the water level. Custom ...

This week has been a long one. Why I started the site transfer on a Friday may have not been my best idea. I'm glad the site is almost complete. A few more things need to be done and I'm sure something will need to be fixed. Now I'll be focusing on my new build. Plan right now is an eighty gallon tank with an ADHI refugium 30. I'm going to use a SWC Extreme cone 160 or 180. The 180's are hard to get. Lights for now will be T5 Current NEP that I bought from Bob. After I recover from the startup costs ...