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Ya I plan on turning most of my business online but I'm having problems on deciding where to get a tank that's 120ish gallons at a LFS. The price wasn't horrible at Oceans Floor but was pretty high - About The Reef was quite a bit higher than them. Much appreciated so far on the advice given by...

dkw, Would you mind listing your equipment? Anything you wish you did different as far as your equipment goes? Maybe different brands, different sizes to fit your tank, etc. How much did your tank cost you if you don't mind me asking? From your brief description, I want to do the same thing...

I'm looking at purchasing a 120 gallonish tank with overflow (FOWLR until I feel like spending 1000 dollars on lights) and I'm new to this... What items are suggested to go along with this? I'd like to start pricing and planning. How big of a sump? What brand/model protein skimmer? What...

Awesome, I'll check out Aquatouch :) I went to About the Reef and I liked the store - seems pretty expensive for the aquarium setups and gear though. Can definately see myself buying some live stuff there though.

Good to know - I will check it out. Is it a bigger store or more of a small family owned one?

Awesome! - what size tank is that?

What exactly is needed in a QT tank? Do you need everything your DT has? skimmer, heater/chiller, etc etc?

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For you Phoenix people (Scottsdale/Tempe/Chandler/etc) - What LFS do you go to out here? I been to Oceans Floor but not sure of any others. Is this place okay or are there some better shops? I'm new to the hobby so I'd love to give a local store some business as well as pick their brains (and...

Ya I'd love to take the plunge but I hate spending money on something that has such a wide range of prices. I found the tank/stand I want at a LFS - 100 gallon bow front (glass) and they want like $1700 for it. I see some good deals (I think) on internet sites but I'm no where near confident...

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Ok I'm starting to understand here. So the choice is doing a closed loop system or having power heads. What's better to have? Any advantage of one over the other? Or is the only benefit 'just so you don't have to have the power heads in the tank'?

hah awesome.

So what's generally better - a sump/ref or a closed loop system? If you go closed loop, you no longer need a sump? This whole area still confuses me.

Well I'm definately getting one that is 90+, most likely 120+. Not something SWF does but I understand...

Ok I know the rules are you can't post a competitors website but since SWF doesn't sell aquariums, how can I safely ask everyones input on where to buy a tank? Sure seems like there is a huge markup of tanks in your LFS. Anyone out there that knows a ton about Saltwater tanks want to be my...

I'm new but you don't need to 'break in' the tank .. once it's finished it's cycle and all the levels are ideal - you can put in whatever you want (as long as it doesn't require something you don't have... tank bigger than what you have, etc)

Updated List: 100 Gallon Bow Front Tank drilled for overflow and a closed loop Stand - Able to fit a sump in and out & tall enough for skimmer. Sump - Biggest possible. Protein Skimmer - big as possible in sump, not hang on Algae Scraper Digital Thermometer What else am I missing? Questions...

I plan on picking up a tank in a month or so and plan on doing live rock/sand/fish only for a while. I can certainly see myself doing coral and what not eventually but probably 8-12 months down the road minimum. I want to do it right the first time so if you were building a new tank thats...