skimmer got delivered to my work and i picked up the tank today. talk about a long day of waiting.
might work on the stand tomorrow, might now. depends how i feel after draining the sump on the big tank so i can switch out skimmers

here's the tank.
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and the skimmer
a Bubble Magus NAC6 100-160g's figure thats perfect.
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