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Ok so I havent been doing anything with my salt water build. Life got in the way and with a possible move decided i didnt want to get a tank up to just tear it down. Now the move has been put off for a few years so I want to get it up and running.

Still have to finish sump, build/fix the overflow box, create my live rock and buy good lights.

I am looking at doing fish and some soft corals to start.

I was originally looking at an Odyssea T5 216 watt light ...

I thought I saw on this site instructions on using silicon to make little footies for a a pump. Can't find it now and am at that point in my plumbing. Can someone help? Thx in advance.

Alright, so after talking with Phil, I went ahead and purchased some new lighting, and im very impressed. I bought a 24-30" Odyssea with quad lamps and moonlight LEDs. The packaging was excellent, with bubble wrap on everything. I was slightly nervous about the bulbs, as they sounded like they were broken, but they turned on perfectly.

As far as lighting quality, all I have to say is stunning. My corals and even my fish look gorgeous. For 70 dollars and free shipping, this lighting ...

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I'm getting ready to order my overflow from www.Glass-holes.com for my 150. They make a 700 gph and a 1500 gph model, I'm planning to have about 700 to 800 gph return from my sump, so a single 700 would be marginal. So, do I get two 700's, one for each corner? Or a single 1500?

700
Pros: small box in each corner, less shading in one area.
Con: tank and boxes need to be perfectly level or most of the water will be flowing down only one anyway.

1500
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Thanks to all for your advice in recent past. I have completed all the plumbing work and sump building work as previously helped and suggested by you guys.

My question is around where in my sump should my float valve go. I have a three section sump: a water return, a section for the protein skimmer, and a section for the return pump; and since I am new to this have no clue which section will suffer first from the lower water levels as evaporation occurs. Does this question make sense? ...