Thanks Mark,

I'll try and answer your questions.
Other than a NSW tank with naturally caught livestock from the Boynton Beach area years ago, this IS my first Reef tank.
Plumbing to the basement was actually pretty easy in that the the area was right over an unused portion of my 'unfinished' basenemt.
I started with the older Power Compacts-
and now use TaoTronics LEDS! only, no MH's.
After much research, I only use about an inch average in the Display tank, and none in my DIY sump. As you can see, much of my set up is DIY.
Between Craigs LIst buys and DIY, I saved thousands.
I do have ample Coraline algae, all natural over about 17 months with only a few seeder live rocks early on.
My macro algae in my sump is 'chaeto', and works great on keepihg my Nitrates and Phosphates at Zero.
I do occassionlly hand dose 'kalwasser' though, no Ca reactor. I'm flowing about 40 x my 125 reef tank per hour total. No chiller needed with the Led's.

It is a very stable, sterile tank,

Thanks for looking!

I keep the front glass clean with a Mag Float cleaner, about 5 minutes everu 3 days.

I'd love to see yours