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sounds like you're on your way! Don't discount silica or crushed limestone sand. it works - maybe not quite as well as aragonite - but it's not the big huge mess that some people play it out to be.

really depends on what types of corals you're putting in that reef. If it's SPS - yes. Most softies and LPS should be okay with what's on there though...

It really depends on a few things: How much rock do you have - and how well are you able to pinpoint flow in and around that rock with your current setup. What corals do you have (or are planning to have)?

why 3 sumps - and not one big one?

Nice! That's an ocellaris' handywork? I've been "bitten" by: Naso Tang LMB Ocellaris Purple Tang Chromis None of which hurt - but all of which I wasn't expecting.. :eek:

Yeah - I'm rethinking the overall design completely. I'm not sure I'm going to be able to keep the rocks in place with that much flow...

great pictures... Nice tank.

water perameters play a part too. I found with my old setup running Instant Ocean, 1 color became predominant in the MH area and another in the shaded area. With the SAME rock, in a new tank and another salt brand (this one higher in Calcium and Magnesium) and a pretty frequent strontium...

Get a sea hare. A 10 gallon tank isn't really big enough for most of the other recommendations.

Heres the problem. You scrape the huge amounts of corallineon the back glass - within a week - it's basically covered the other 3 pieces of glass - so you're now scraping the front and sides. For that reason, I just let it go.

Cool :)

strange. I've shipped probably 300 priority mail shipments of sand from SC without issue. And received about another 200. then again - I've never been asked what's in the package... :)

Not something I'm willing to try to add up. ;)

DE bulbs have a piece of glass covering the bulb - the SE bulbs have a built in glass cover. You're right - that they "could" burst. However, I ran my bulbs (as stated) for about 3 years without a cracked bulb. They got dirty quick - and the occasional sizzle from the water splashing, but I...

For what it's worth - i had a 'modern series' canopy. I assume that's the kind you have. I ran 175W SE MH retrofit. The actual distance from the water was less than 3". Didn't overheat - I did run a pair of 65 CFM fans and I keep my AC at 74. You can also enlarge the canopy - I did it when...

the height of the fixure isn't as important as the actual distance of the bulb from the water. The taller fixture might just have a deeper reflector, and not be closer. a 5" clearance canopy is gonna be really tough.

I don't get it. You say you have 4 65w dual PC's - and describe your 8 bulbs.... Then you say you have 260 watts... 8 * 65 = 520

pads? Are you running powerfilters? What I meant by carbon filtration was to use some carbon in a high flow area to strip some of the stuff in the water that's making it cloudy. You'd be suprised how polished water can look.

In my opinion, Fiji is a low grade rock. Never heard of that particular type of rock - but you can look up the name on google and see it's a pretty popular divesite. It's all really up to you looking at the rock itself. You ask us if it's good - take a look and let us know :)