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Awesome! thanks guys!

HOLY COW!!! Now that IS cheap!! That RULES!

Nice! I'm gonna have a very hard time deciding on my Live Rock. But I do probably want to splurge in that area. I will build most of the underpinnings with base rock, so probably about 50lbs or more. Then I will cover all that with something very spectacular. 20lbs of Kupang turf rock, and...

Oh yea, I tried to include tax or shipping and handling in the numbers, and then round up to the nearest $5, just to make sure I didn't run out of money before everything was bought. That price on the pump is pretty good, though. I"ll check that out. I'm not exactly sure on the model of...

Tank, hood, and Stand will definitely come from the LFS. Almost everything else is much cheaper online. Especially the light. Might even get the Live Rock from online because the selection at the LFS's I've checked is pretty pathetic and prices are outragous. The fish and coral will all come...

Alright, I think I'm getting close, finally. Oceanic 75G reef ready tank...$305 Oceanic Stand (cherry)...........$310 2 heaters (200 watt)...............$30 3 Maxi-Jet Powerheads...........$75 Durso Standpipe....................$20 Amiracle Venturi Skimmer......$65 (adequate?) Danner Mag 9.5...

On the subject of lighting, the Oceanic 75 gal. Reef Ready Tanks are sold in a Combo with a light and hood. Should I try to get the tank alone, and save over $100, then buy a higher quality light, or is the Double Deluxe strip light that comes with the Reef Ready combo going to be sufficient if...

That's a really good question. To be honest, what I planned to do was ask the coral store what kind of lights they were using and just buy that exact thing. This is mainly because of how mind-bogglingly beautiful thier coral looks in thier tanks, and I wanted it to look just as perfect and...

Yup, went to a store that sells 250 different varieties of coral yesterday after work. Some of the most beautiful things I've ever seen! Not exactly sure about buying coral, and how that works, but I assume you either buy just the coral and it attaches itself to the live rock you have, or you...

Yeah, I have to admit, some of the coral reef setups at the local stores and in the books I've been reading certainly make the fish seem like an afterthought. Plus, I saw a tiny emerald green sea cucumber at the LFS that I fell in love with and knew that in a large predator tank, I could never...

Wow...thank you guys! That is all very good advice. To be honest, the community tanks, with all the fascinating invertabrates, and weird little sea creatures in it have been slowly winning me over. I'll start pricing systems with the idea that I'm gonna make a simple sump myself. That...

AAHhh... I see. So the only undesireable here is the use of wet/dry filtration. The tanks I am looking at and have been most impressed with are Oceanic brand. About the largest Reef Ready tank I can afford from them is the 58 gallon with cabinet, canopy, sump, pumps, etc. Basically, all I...

More desireable to go with a 75 gallon tank without overflows, than a 58 gallow with overflows? Because the cost would be about the same, after you figure all the cost of the sump and water pumps, and much more expensive tank for its size. I definitely dont wanna limit my options at this...

Hmm...so its preferred to have all the protein skimmers and heater and stuff hanging off the backs of your tanks instead of under it in the sump? Getting a tank without overflows is definitely much more affordable, for sure. If I were going with a community tank with lots of invertabrates, and...

Howdy everybuddy! Was posting in the Freshwater/Brackish section, but today I have decided to go ahead and give Marine a try, so I'll start posting in this section. I'm just restarting after a long vacation from aquariums, and haven't bought any equipment or anything yet. Just in the planning...