Well, at another forum I am part of I had made a long thread about my whole build of my system. I have kept some of the pics in photobucket, so I will post the process from start to finish here.
I have had my 55g tank from the time I was 15 (19 now) and for the first 2 years the tank was a mess. I did nothing right. BUT, in the past year I made a sump, did water changes and took care of the livestock I have. Here are a few pics of the 55 and 20g sump.
This is a pic of my mushrooms about 2 years ago.
Here is a pic of my mushrooms now
Notice the difference in the corraline algae growth?
Here is a pic of the sump when I first made it
Since then I have made many changes but do not have any recent pics.
Or do I?

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