Thanks for the well wishes!
The glass replacement took longer then I expected, as I ordered a piece of glass 15 1/4" x 8" and recv'd a piece that was 15 1/16th x 8", so back to the glass shop. When I called them, I also ordered a piece for the first baffle, as long as I was doing it, I might as well do both the right way. I ordered a second piece that was 15.25x14, what I got was a piece that was 15.25x14 on one edge, and 15.25x14.5 on the other.... ARGH!!! Not worth the gas to drive back a 3rd time, it is about 25 minutes there, and with gas at $4/gallon and me driving a Jeep... each trip is about $10 in gas. The glass baffles were $5 and $3 respectively.
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I have the system up and running again, first water change done.
I ended up removing about 28 gallons of water from the bottom sump at operating level. The new glass panels had 20 hours or so of dry time from the application, I just couldn't stand to let it sit still any longer. The Reef Crystals ran for closer to 24 hours as I like to do before a water change, but the mix was a bit cloudy once I put it into the sump. (My next water change I will let it run for longer, also the temp of the mix water was a bit higher then the tank.)
I also moved my heating element from the bottom sump to the top sump, and left the temp probe in the bottom sumps final chamber. I figured that making sure the water coming back to the tank was the desired temp was the most important.
Yesterday while the return pump was off, all the chromis were out of the rock work, swimming around, now that the return pump is back on, they are back in the rocks. I'll have to figure this one out, the added flow from the penductor return does make a significant change in the tank water flow, but why that makes the chromis hide, I am unsure. :mad2:
