Mike's 20g long Build

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Hi everyone just want to share my build with you guys.. hopefully will get it up and running this week.. heres the progress and if you guys have any advice I will greatly appreciate it..
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got the glass hole overflow kit for the tank and got the tank drilled at the coral reef after 3 failed attempts of doing it
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I finally got the stand painted and the plumbing done a few days ago.. got the jebao dc3000 for the return pump.
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Yesterday I got my refractor and salt mix from saltwateraquarium.com
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Rocking and rolling! Looking forward to seeing this one with water in it!
 
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Ended up putting my controllers in the furnace closet behind the tank so my 2 year old can't get a hold of them.. I know it's not neat lol.. today should be the day I get the system going I hope
 
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Got the dry rock in earlier and placed it where I wanted it.. I decided to do 2 islands to allow more fish room
 
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Trying out the Fritz TURBO 900 that I picked up at Colchester Pet and purchased a pair of phantom clowns as well from them.. Thanks Jen for your help and advice we'll be visiting again soon..
 
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Did my 2nd does of the fritz turbo and got a yellow watchman goby and a royal gramma.. the watchman is awesome to watch..

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I finally ended up buying a rodi unit so now I don't have to lug buckets back n fourth with rodi.. saves me time and money

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Here's the tank as of today
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