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I appreciate all the input acrylic. The aquacontroller pro does look AWESOME. It is incredibly feature rich. You are absolutely right on taking my time and researching as well. I've learned a bunch of stuff just researching some of the equipment that was suggested in this thread. I think I'm...

Also, I'm interested in the accuracy of the digital calcium and salinity monitors. Any input on these is appreciated as well!

Awesome! Now I'm getting the kind of suggestions that get me hyped about setting this thing up. It sounds like the Seio powerheads are king so I'll definitely go with those. It also sounds like the additional filtration is a matter of preference, which is sort of what I guessed but being my...

Originally Posted by sign guy lights go with the first one fuge 2 30 should be fine for the fuge I would just add a extra w/d. Maybe a pro clear. In the fuge I would skip the mud and go chato dsb and lr as far as equip goes I am a big esu fan myself (coralife) Awesome, I'm with you on the...

How about some equipment suggestions! Nobody has a skimmer or controller/computer or wave maker suggestion? Surely somebody here has a dream list of how they'd set up a 260!

Originally Posted by Lubeck i don't think 2 30 gal tanks will be sufficent filtration for sps and clams. Even with several hundred pounds of live rock in the main display?

Originally Posted by chris57 plants are good in refugiums, as well as deep mud beds, it would also be good to have cleaner clams in there, as well as live rock these things i suggested to put in will lower nitrate, ammonia, nitrite, and provide essential trace elments in. I'd considered...

I just picked up a 265 gallon tank and a couple large refugiums. I need to decide how to set this tank up appropriately for a large reef that will support SPS and Clams. I think I'm almost narrowed down on the lighting. I found these two fixtures on ---- and need to decide which one. Fixture...

Aquatraders.com has a 36" 305 watt fixture that includes one 175 watt halide and two 65 watt PC for $179. That would give you an extra 45 watts and a halide. Perhaps you could just put lower light corals off to the sides. If you can push the extra $100 they also have a 48 inch fixture for $299...

Another you might consider adding to the list is the purple and orange sea slug or Hypselodoris bullocki. As you probably know these are highly specific sponge predators and are probably not suitable for most tanks. As referenced here in the "Reef-Safe Herbivores??" section. There's probably a...

Originally Posted by mandarin w Wow!!! You lucked out. Hope you have a big house to put those in. What are the plans with those.. I think if I had one that big, well it a good thing you got 2, I would got crazy, deciding, reef, shark, reef, fish only, shark. Man look what you did, and...

Last week I would have said i only have a 120 and 2 55's......but I just scored TWO 265 gallon tanks with stands and sumps for $500 a couple days ago.

Originally Posted by Phixer Gas in Japan is over $2.00 a litre, thats 8 bucks a gallon. Here in Coronado it is closely approaching 3 bucks a gallon. When it his 4 dollars Im finished driving gasoline and will go to a vegideisel. Thats my limit, 4 bucks a gallon and Im done playing this game. If...

Originally Posted by Mikeyjer I just hope there's enough food to go around for all those inverts you've added!!! Just to make sure you know, that blue tang will eventually NEED a larger tank to live in. And seriously, like it was already mentioned, you've added wayyy too much too soon. You...

Originally Posted by happyhourh As for global warming...havent we been coming out of an ice age for 10,000 years :notsure: Thank you! Global temperature changes have been part of the world for a long, long time. Whatever part we play in that is not really all as significant as most people...

Originally Posted by promisetbg I recommend that you SLOOOWWW down. Also that you research first before adding anything else. Your SG. should be bumped up a bit...1.025 would be better. Coral Vital is going to do nothing to help a tang with ich. As far as the royal gramma I would just give him...

Originally Posted by Saltwater8 Well, for starters, your sebae requires a mature (at the very least 6 months old) aquarium and high lighting. :happyfish Will 260 watts not be sufficient lighting? I considered halides, but I really didn't want to deal with chillers. He also picked a place...

Mt first salt tank, 55 gallons. I have been running for about two months now. Started off with 50 pounds of good live rock from the LFS. I've been maintaining a salinity of 1.023 to 1.0235 and a PH of 8.3. Lighting is a set of power compacts, 260 watts total. I'm running a bakpak2...