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Well... I decided i want another bimac tank. I couldnt put it in my other tank since i had put coral in other and had no place to put it. So i got a 75 gallon glass aquarium. For filtration i got CPR SYS 192 filter package. Since the volume of that is only like 6 gallons or something i put it in a 20 gallon tank. It is all in a sump. I have a chiller hooked and i am running it at about 63 f.
I definitely learned not to trust my lfs. They had a 60 there which is what i was planing to get. I got it home and i got all the 5 GALLON JUGS!(you do the math that is a lot) I start to fill it up and it hits the top of the tank at only 48 gallons!
After that i checked my measurements and every thing esle it all turned out to be only about 49 gallon tank. So i had to call the fish store and tell them. A corse they didnt believe me so then i went up to them(45 min drive!) They measured and were speechless.(the guys face was so funny when he put he numbers in the calculator
) So after a lot of talking we decided to take a 75 home. I got home and i had to get all 48 gallons of water into 5 gallon jugs and then get more 5 gallon jugs. Then put about 60 pounds of live sand in it. I learned two things from this: 1 Get an RO machine! 2 Dont trust your lfs.
So here are some pictures of the tank and over flow and sump. The only question i got is how should i octo proof my over flow? It is an external. Also do you think i need to octo proof my return? It is just a J hook with a pvc elbow attached to it.
I definitely learned not to trust my lfs. They had a 60 there which is what i was planing to get. I got it home and i got all the 5 GALLON JUGS!(you do the math that is a lot) I start to fill it up and it hits the top of the tank at only 48 gallons!

So here are some pictures of the tank and over flow and sump. The only question i got is how should i octo proof my over flow? It is an external. Also do you think i need to octo proof my return? It is just a J hook with a pvc elbow attached to it.