Very cool experience, as it was my first. Learned a load of stuff and brought home a ton of stuff for the price of , pretty much, a large sandwich. Attached all my stuff and am excitd to watch it take off and start gowin. Never had the opportunity to monitor growth and now with some monti and birdsnest. Kinda psyched to watch it. Hopin' everyting does well. My ballast just crapped out on my Current Nova and only my 2 actinics are working. So, right now I have 108 watts of actinics in my tank. Fortunately, my new 716w Odyssea ADV Plus MH/T5 combo will be here Monday. BTW, what are the samples of reef additives from IO? Thanks to all offered their assistance to me as a newb. Had a great time. Anyone win the rafles?f