Describe your perfect/dream reef tank

[snakeblitz33]

As the topic says, describe your perfect dream reef tank down to the last detail. Describe why you chose the equipment that you did and any corals/fish combos that you would choose. Then, tell us why and how you got into the hobby. The reason why I am asking you to contribute is to show new hobbyists the diversity of equipment, methods, livestock and ways of doing things.
Here's a guideline to help you get started:
Tank size:
Sump size:
Refugium size:
Lighting:
A: Type
B: lighting schedule
Return Pump:
Powerheads:
Protein Skimmer:
Heater(s):
Other specialty equipment:
A, B, C, etc.
Supplements:
Feedings:
DIY stuff:
# of Live rock:
# of sand or depth of sand if any:
Type of aquarium: Mixed reef, SPS, LPS, softie, estuary, lagoon, NPS, etc. etc.
Fish Livestock:
Coral Livestock:
Specialty Livestock:
Maintenance Routine:
How often do you do a water change?
How much water do you change?
What do you clean and look for?
Why and how I got started in the saltwater aquarium hobby:

 

[snakeblitz33]

I guess I will go first since I started the thread, unless someone jumps ahead of me!
Tank size: 110g "SHOW" tank 48x18x30t with corner internal overflow
Sump size: 20g long sump
Refugium size: No particular size, 12x16" algae scrubber would be sufficient
Lighting:
A: Type: T5 "Nova Extreme" 8 bulb with individual reflectors and moon lighting
B: lighting schedule: Actinics on at noon, off at 11pm. Daylights on at 1pm and off at 10pm, moonlights on constantly
Return Pump: Mag Drive 9.5
Powerheads: two Hydor Koralia 5's, on alternating wavemaker switch
Protein Skimmer: none
Heater(s): two 100w titanium heaters
Other specialty equipment: Algae scrubber, Automatic Top Off on a jug of Kalkwasser, DIY phytoplankton doser
DIY rotifer and enriched brine shrimp breeder, DIY live phytoplankton culture (nanocroppolis sp.)
Supplements: Iron/manganese doses in small amounts, kalkwasser/limewater for calcium and alkalinity, trace elements occasionally, Vitamin C dosing 1000mg/day
Feedings: Mysis, Rotifers, Live phytoplankton, enriched brine, home made blend mixed with Selcon, cyclopeeze, golden pearls, oyster eggs.
# of Live rock: 120 in total system, 110 in display tank, 10 pounds of live rock rubble in the sump.
# of sand or depth of sand if any: 1 1/2" of sand bed in display tank, none in sump.
Type of aquarium: Mixed reef, dominate SPS
Fish Livestock: I'm not too big on fish, so something small that eats small amounts. Purple firefish gobies, royal gramma, coral beauty, neon goby, two clownfish, yellow clown goby, canary fang blennie
Coral Livestock: Various millepora, stylophora, acropora, montipora, bubble coral, dendronepthia, tubestrea, orange sun coral, various zoanthids, blasto's, acans, open brain coral, and maybe a green fungia. etc. etc. etc. etc.
Specialty Livestock: maxima clam, skunk cleaner shrimp(s), brittle star, and other inverts
Maintenance Routine:
How often do you do a water change? Once every six months to a year or as needed.
How much water do you change? 25-50% at a time, as needed
What do you clean and look for? I make sure all the pumps are in good working order and not clogged. I make sure that the algae scrubber screen is not clogging and the flow rate is still high. I replace the bulbs on the algae scrubber every 3 months with new ones. Once a year I wash the live rock rubble out with saltwater in a bucket. I check the lights every six months and replace them as needed. I feed the tank once every day, and dose phyto in small amounts every single day. I daily check all of the corals and fish for disease or stress.
Why and how I got started in the saltwater aquarium hobby:
I had a friend whos father was really big into saltwater aquariums all through the 90's. In 2005, he asked me if I wanted to watch him feed his tube anemone. He dropped a small piece of shrimp in his refugium and the anemone wrapped around it and pulled it in sooo quick that it surprised the heck out of me. I didn't know it could move so fast! After that, I was hooked for life. So, I bought my first 20g tank that same year and started it and made all of the rookie mistakes while trying to maintain it. After while, I really began getting the hang of it so much so that I expanded to seven other tanks all above 55g in two years! Now I am going to go to the University of Southern Mississippi to try to obtain a Masters of Marine Biology, and hopefully one day a Doctorate. I thought about all of the other things in my life that I had an interest in, but nothing makes me as happy as my saltwater aquarium hobby. So - I have turned my hobby into a life long career.

 

[flower]

Wait...you want me to discribe my tank? LOL...aren't we all right now building our dream tank?
I enjoy water changes, and putzing with my tank...I would get bored with one that didn't need my attention. My dream tank would just respond as intended because right now, I fix one thing and create another problem.
My dream tanks will have no hair algae. 0 phosphates and 0 nitrates....every chemical in perfect balance.
My dream tank has all the equipment I purchased working as intended without grief.
Perhaps I'm spoiled, but I purchased what I wanted as I built my system, new stuff comes out, and when what I have is no longer funtional or not good enough...I buy the new thing (keeps the hobby interesting and new). I have the fish I want and I'm very satisfied with them.
I think the only thing I would change...I built a foam rock wall on the 30g, and wish I had one on the 90g as well. The 90g was established years before I ever knew about foam rock walls and now I can't redo it....but if I ever have to replace the tank...that would be the one thing I would change.
Oh..the why and how I started:
My uncle had beatiful planted freshwater tanks and when i was a little girl my mother talls me I made a straight run to those tanks and sat in front of them the whole visit.
When I got my first job at Taco Bell, my first paycheck was spent on my own 10g freshwater tank...I loved saltwater fish but feared I could never have it because it was too hard according to all I talked to. I ordered sea horses from a comic book once and they died after a single day, so I gave up on that dream.
Fast forward...one day in a internet office, while I was setting up a new password....I noticed a tank..it was dark but I went to look at it anyway. A fellow walked up to me and said it was ...saltwater. he was breaking it down.... I could have the rock for free, but he wanted $600.00 for the lights. He told me (first person ever) that it wasn't all that hard....here I am today, and with folks on this site helping me all along the way, today I even have those Sea horses.