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Seems pretty reasonable to me blange3. You run your temps cooler then some people but it's definitely a popular temperature range. Curious, do you happen to have any fish or corals from colder climates that require lower temps? Do you have to run a chiller or fans to keep your tank at 77/78? I...

That's a good point about the light Jcurry. If you keep your lighting in mind when aquascaping you can have areas good for sps and other areas good for lower light corals. Carlo

Nah, the Aqualifters will work on any size tank. You just restrict it to a drip every few seconds and then use a timer or controller to adjust the amount of time the solution is dosed. You can also dilute the solution too to extend your dose time (with any doser). I actually use 6 of these for...

You are setup way better then I had anticipated. Good job on the setup. Carlo

Which shop is this with such high prices? Carlo

I've got a G4 also and it's huge compared to other skimmers that pull as much or more from the water. My main gripe with them is the fact that they are in sump only. You can't easily run them external which would help a lot since they are so big. The pumps are under-sized as RichT pointed out...

Skimming in only one part of a system. A lot of people design their systems so the skimmer is the main source of export. You still have your sponges which also allow you to export DOCs and crap in the water (as long as your cleaning them). As long as your nitrates are staying low, your skimmer...

Interesting John. My firefish swim around as much as anything else in the tank but they aren't swift swimmers which you wouldn't want in a nano (bang into glass) that small. I actually was thinking more for color then anything else. Given any thought to a little school of neon tetras? Does the...

No clue on the lights for you Matt. How about something like a purple firefish? They are small, pretty and low bio-load. Maybe a neon goby? Not sure on that one as you would probably want a different body style to mix things up. How about a few neon tetras. I bet that would look cool in a nano...

Hehe, that's why I choose my wording carefully on that one. "once you get it tuned correctly" I went round and round with it for quite a while myself until I figured out the best way to tune it air/water wise was backwards from most because of the open bottom to the skimmer section. Once I...

Slightly hard to tell exactly from that angle but it looks like a dorso type. Carlo

It's a lot of info to do well. Like having a pull down menu for return pump. Pull down for powerheads, etc. That's a lot of amps/watts to track down and populate. That's why I mentioned it would be cool if there was one already done. :) I've thought about adding this type of calculation to the...

Which type did you build Jazz?

Anyone know of any online calculators for this type of thing? Sure could be handy! Carlo

If you pick a rough size tank like 180 or 210 we can get you close on operational costs. There are of course different setups but a nutshell view for main electrical usage could be: 1 Return Pump 4 Powerheads Lights Heaters/Chillers/Fans The first two will be pretty easy to calculate but you'll...

He didn't specifically say it but the Pro Clear 200 model usually comes with a built in protein skimmer in the first chamber before the water hits the sponges and bio-balls. It's not a bad skimmer at all once you get it tuned correctly. Carlo

It's also helpful to turn off the pumps/powerheads so nothing is moving either. On the pics I took of his tank you can see the powerheads are on as some of the pedals are quite blurry. Killing the flow in the tank is something a lot of people don't think about doing but can help a lot getting...

Tropiquarium is correct. Live rock and sand can be a "nitrate factory" just as easily or sometimes more easily then bio-balls can. Any place in the tank where organics are allowed to build up will do this. If you're flow is strong and the rocks/sand stay clean then it's usually not a problem...

The 200 is a lot easier to clean then the 150 (got both of them). Does your 200 have the built in protein skimmer or not? With the 200 you could just remove the top sponge and bioballs and then put cheato in it. You could use a clip on light in the range of 6,500K which cheato seems to like a...

Very good point Rich about the rock. albie611 if you go large have you given any thought to putting the sump in the basement instead of under the stand? This can help a lot on chilling if your basement is cooler then the rest of the house. It also give you more freedom to connect things like...