A select few knew that my 200 gallon sprung a leak about a month ago. The seam split at the bottom back (worst place of course) after 2 plus years of service. Well since I had to take everything down I decided to redo everything. I took the sump out and went with 2 canisters. They are fed from a spin down filter which spins the water and allows debris to settle in the bottom where you can then drain it out. It has a 100 mesh (152 micron) filter in it but I may have to get a more course one in the long run. This keeps sand out of the filters. I have a drip set up that is doing about 80 gallons a day right now. I then took the tile out and went with pool filter sand. Not wanting a lot of sand I decided to try something new. I put about a 1/8" layer of fiber glass resin in the bottom of tank and coated with sand. After a week and a half of curing I put about 1/2" of sand on top of it. The end result is a sand bottom that the rays can't clear away. You can see in the two marble pics at the side, the sand is swept away but the bottom is not bare. Plan to add the female flower and the male mantilla back and just leave the 4 in there. Enough about the tank, here are the pics.
