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For a sump you can go with a custom acrylic which is great but can get pricey and you have to get one built which can take time. This way you can set it up excatly as you. You can also buy like a non reef ready 120g glass tank and get glass cut to create baffles. You will save money but is...

What specific bulbs are you running? Pohl's extra is a very well know and used additive. Again amino acids are also know to help SPS.

If your hermits are eating coral you might want to throw them in the sump. It seems once they get a taste for corals, they will continue to eat coral. How did the acan look before you put it in the tank? BTW, rockwork looks great.

Hopefully an interpretive dance expressing the joy of setting a new fish tank up?

First off, welcome back John. Secondly when you say large cube what size are you looking for? You can probably price a 45g, 60g or 90g marineland or deep blue cubes for a lot less than that AIO system. Slap a glass holes kit on there and a sump and you are in business. Talk to AO or Trop for...

Picking a top three is tough but the two I visit the most are Trop and AO. There are a few I have not been too or have not been to in a while that I really can't grade right now. Also there are some new ones popping up (Elos) that have potential but are too new to tell.

The benefits to the Coast to Coast overflows is that obviously they don't take up any room in the tank and fish can't really get stuck in there. Don't know if that is worth 1500, sound like for you it is not.

Are the corals brown or are they colored up and you are just looking for more color? Lets start with the easy one: What k rating are your bulbs? Second: The best thing to do for your SPS/LPS is provides a very low nitrate and phosphate environment. LPS depends on the lighting and it also...

Well it sounds like you found the max ramp up for your tank and sounds like your photo period it pretty spot on. Good luck and will be looking for some pictures soon.

Depending on how you are ramping your leds up that might be a bit long. The other thing is how are your corals handling the light? Do you see bleaching? Are the polyps retracted at all? LEDs are kind of a new ballgame for everyone and each fixture is so different depending on the LED that is...

You can pick up some more nassarius snails to help with the problem and you can also increase flow as well. I had them pop up for me in small areas when I took my CUC out to treat for flatworms and redbugs. Generally it was in areas with less flow than others, but after I added my CUC back it...

We do the same, they are great scavengers but as they get bigger and if I can catch them I will pull them.

With halides you can go as low as 3-4 hours without dramatically affecting your corals. You can also black your tank our for 2-3 days without having any adverse effects.

Depends on your corals and on the lights, they are all going to be different.

I know Tropiquarium has a service that will come in and install the tank itself. To get a company to build on site would be extremely expensive and since the only Jersey tank maker is Coast to Coast then you are probably approaching ludicrous speed.

jgraz: yes just an airstone and an air pump, maybe I was saying the wrong thing. ThatGuy: IIRC you have is covered so no.

If you are worried about a sand storm and room, get an air bubbler. They are small cheap and will keep your surface clear. I run one in my 12g and it does the job perfectly.

Sponge, though a really cool one, maybe even a turnicate.

Most nanos run into this issue, the easiest and cheapest way to deal with it is an air bubbler. It will break the surface tension and also helps the tank, you can pick them up anywhere.

We have cultred tiger pods and it was pretty easy. I think your 5g pod farm sounds like a good idea, just make sure your strains of pods are compatible and won't eat each other. Also figure out what they do eat so they just don't starve to death in there. You don't need much, depending on the...