Here's the sump/fuge being built. I forgot to take some pics once it was totally done - I'll have to get around to that. The skimmer chamber is on your left, then the pump chamber, and then you just see a part of the fuge. This picture was taken while I was working on it - there's a 3rd baffle between the skimmer and pump chambers.
Oh - and before I forget.... I HATE SILICONE!
Here's the finished manifold. Days like this make me REALLY glad we've got a huge heater in the garage. I was able to get it up to about 70° before I started working. Lucky for me I have a really bad sense of smell.
Got the ballasts installed today. Mounted them to some scrap melamine boards I had laying around, and then mounted the boards to the inside end of the stand. Above those is the power strip for my Reefkeeper 2.
Tomorrow's New Years Eve - probably won't get much accomplished.
But for now my wife's ecstatic because the kitchen counter is cleaned off and almost everything is off of the dining room table. Yay!