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Just an opinion but a cool little fish that will add some color is a six-line wrasse...very interesting ***)

Looks like a good setup, do you have any issues with the flow through the fuge being too high?

I'd rather have one sump/fuge than two units so it sounds like it wouldnt work, so my next question would be how to set it up. Fuge on the right, return middle, and skimmer left to keep the fuge low flow?

I've got a wet/dry that I want to make an integrated fuge under my 85. Water flows from the overflow over the bio-balls, which will be killed soon!, and over a couple baffles to the return. How can I integrate the fuge aspect while adding my skimmer, to get it outta the tank. I've searched tons...

Great tank. It is really well stocked for a 210, takes a lot of rock and coral to make it look that nice!

I agree with the icecap ballasts. I have two running 250watt 10K XM's. The 10K's are bright white IMO and I only supplement with 110 watts of PC actinic and am very pleased. They are just on seperate timers for dawn/dusk. I did the DIY canopy and ordered parts seperatly and it has worked fine.

Don't know if this is an option but I built my own canopy(wanted a hood but wanted to save $$$ too). A canopy would allow you to buy a retro kit and just mount the light and reflectors to the top of the canopy. I know it saved me money and covered to apperance of the tank's hardware. HTH

Fishtanker has a valid point with which I agree. These fish will probably not grow big due to the fact their environment has stressed them to the point that they die before they reach a normal size. Overcrowding kills, so does not offering enough space!

My coral beauty is a character it always comes up to my hand when i'm working in the tank and has never bothered the other inhabitants. I must admit I am biased though since I have never kept a flame angel, around my parts they are much, much more expensive than the coral beauties.

Actinics could be on longer to add a night and day effect to the tank. My PC's have needed replacement every 6 months roughly. They seem to lose spectrum and help grow unwanted algae so I would have to recommend VHO for the fact that they give more light per bulb and shouldn't last any less time...

Just do a search using yahoo or google. Do you want a retro-kit or hood or pendant? Do a seach and compare prices, that's what I did and it worked out just fine. People have also had success with the "online market place" e...something dot com!:D

thanks for the responses everyone. i'm going to have to do a little more research on the different overflows available. My hang on overflow broke so I have it rigged up with a 2X4, really classy!

I have a regular overflow, no pre-drilled holes in tank, complete with u-tube and ugly prefilter box. Wanted to know who used the externals, such as CPR, and what kind of experience they had. Is it just more asthetically pleasing or does it work better?

thanks Sashimi i will have to look it over

What kind of clowns, i had two common clowns a while ago and one did just the same thing. He died a day later while the other died a couple weeks later, of a broken heart i think. The other fish in the tank showed no ill effects and remained fine. Good luck and hopefully yours will be OK. What...

Havent heard of any negatives from these reactors, just bear in mind the flow must be enough to keep media fluidized and sublte enough to keep the fine particulate matter from flowing into the tank. Ball or gate valves are perfect for this.

Gotta agree with NAS, I'm shooting for 20-22 times turnover with the help of a closed loop. The more water motion the better the benefits of the live rock we so longingly saved for.

wow thats one helluva crab. Keep us posted on what you're going to do with it...maybe you could sell it on ----!!! somebody would probably buy it.

If your PO4 is high than along with water changes you could get a phosphate reactor. Do a search for them on the board there are a lot of proponents to these and there is one out now that is a real good deal.

Phipps, this link helped me get an idea of what my design will look like. http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com...losedloop.html I'm wondering if i should go with a higher flow pump since the SCWD will cut down the flow. Any help here????