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I hail from Phoenix, and I had a 60 gallon reef tank about 8 years ago and took it down due to new flooring being put in the house, with a promise from the wife of an immediate upgrade. I just recently got the itch and ok from the wife, and with the help of my daughter's interest and coming across a sweet deal of a 200g with custom stand and sump set up. My only worry the fish store I used to go is no longer around anyone from Phoenix have any suggestions of a good store I can get live rock and livestock at? Also I just found this site and I'm sure its in here but I would like to get pointed in the right direction for plumbing the sump, and sump set up. This part is new to me and with the basic understanding of what a sump does and water drains down and gets shot back up, my bewilderment is the fact the over flow has 4 pre-drilled holes (2-2in 2-1in) and the sump has three compartments and I want to have a refugium in the sump.
 
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I don’t live in Arizona, so I can’t help you there. I can tell you that the biggest change in reefing in the past 8 years has been Bulk Reef Supply’s YouTube series that pretty much breakdown every aspect of reefing. If you haven’t checked it out, I would highly recommend looking at their BRS 160 YouTube series. I’m also getting back into the hobby and have found their videos crazy helpful. Good luck, and welcome to R2R!
 
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thanks everyone for the warm welcome I posted in the 180+ thread and hopefully I don't disappoint, I did some research on here and found out about the four holes for the return, 2 drain to 2 return and I will do the Herbie over flow method, the sump cannot do a refugium. first goals set up a RO/DI system in the laundry room, second drill and plumb for the drain and return and get a return pump. Also another dumb question the tank was never set up but made by Visio, there are no visible cracks or chips but the local fish store guy said I should still test it for leaks, wouldn't that be done before they ship these things off?
 
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