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I have the Elos 160xl, drilled on the bottom corner overflow. The comment I hear most on the tank it how quiet it is, so I don't think you have to worry there. Have you gone to the Elos Aqua Studio to see the tanks?
Hulas came from Ao. So far they are great, they swim together and are very fun to watch. Our tank has been at 75 so we will see how they do. Very happy Ora started breeding these guys.
+1 to the live blackworms. There are threads on RC where people built feeders for their BF to feed blackworms and other foods if they were really stubborn. BF are really cool, but since I have a reef I will have to live through yours.
99% of the time they are peaceful and just swim around not bothering anyone. The only time I saw any aggression at all is when I added the hawenisis anthias because they were roughly the same size and shape. The big borb would chase them around a bit, but after a few weeks nothing. Now they...
Yeah, go with the super flex PVC for the return pump up to the tank and visa versa. Ethan swears by it and it allowed us not to have many (if any at all) 90s. Another thing to think about is UV, we added one after years of being naysayers, and I think on a system that big, the good outweighs...
We have two, I think they are a pair, but they do just fine together.
As I said, not a cheap fish but the prices online are more than we paid. We got them from AO and Elos and did not pay what say Liveaquaria has them for. They fit what we want in the tank, reef safe, peaceful (for the most...
jgraz nailed it. It enables me to turn a valve, plug in pump one, plug in pump two, turn the valve back on and boom a 65g water change. No lifting, no carrying.
I am using the blue line pumps, I will check the numbers for you later. We changed them (went down) as the Elos overflow box likes...
Considering your build will be very very similiar to ours, I figured I would weigh in on a few things (also feel free to swing by if you want to check out Ethan's handy work in person for some ideas).
The slop sink is awesome to have and we would not really be able to function without it so...
Some PR zoas from LRO, I have more of these but they did not want to open up for me. We did a lot of tank maintenance last night so I think everything is just settling back down.
These look like bloodshots but are not, my actually bloodshots I got from Fox in person are to the right but did not...
I promised some coral pics so here we go:
Blondies:
Granny Apple seeds from zoanthids.com
ARC Pointsettas
Snitches from Zoanthids.com (These are amazing and my picture sucks)
Joe's Cherry Cordials from JKR
WWC Sun drops
RK Stiggy Marleys (with a hallucination)
A not so good pic of the...
I like option 1 for your move as well. With the canister filter and a couple of water changes, you could keep the tank like that for a long time. I think I have a HOB skimmer you could probably also through on there. You can rig your light over the coral in the stock tank, to keep them happy...