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I've got one true perc now. It hosts in my rose BTA, and in my torch coral. I had a black occellaris that liked to host a particularly dense musroom rock, and a bunch of pink polyps. I also had a couple tank-raised false percs, one hosted a powerhead, and the other one hosted the cleaning...

I could see the pics with no problem, but they were such low resolution that I really couldn't tell what they were of. 1 looks like barncles, 2 & 3 look like feather worms, but again they were so small that it was hard to tell.

Beautiful pic. It's not easy to get nice crisp shot of the little buggers.

A six line wrasse in a 20 would be fine. They eat pods, and are just fun to watch. I've seen lots of juveniles in the LFSs recently.

I don't think that 300gph will be enough for the tank. I had 2 300gph powerheads sitting in my 55 for current. The more outlets you have the less current the return will generate. In addition 90 degree elbows reduce flowrates more than you think they will. As an example, right now I have...

If you're not looking at hard corals, clams, or most anemones I think that 110w over a 30-35 would be fine. I had the same 2 55w pc setup over my 55gal for the first year. I had a green bubbletip anemone, frogspawn, several types of polyps, bubble coral, mushrooms, xenia, anthelia, a couple...

You may already know this, but if you let the tank cycle without any lights, you should be able to avoid an algae/diatom bloom. Just figured I'd mention it since your post said something about getting the lights on soon.

I'd look on ebay for them....I've seen new ones regularly go for $100-$110 shipped. If you're patient, they come up on nano-reef.com, and reefcentral.com periodically for about $100...If you're lucky you can get a used one for that price that's already been modded with a light upgrade, which is...

Well congratulations on finally having everything ready to set it up. That's always an exciting day. :D I understand taking your time. I started planning my 1st setup a couple years ago in November. It took me until the following June to get all the pieces together and do all the...

Very nice...What size tank is it for? Are you going to use Hang on filtration or is there some way to get past the drawers to a wet/dry or refugium?

You're not thinking about gluing the SCWD are you? It needs to be removeable. That said PVC cement is fine for saltwater applications. Let it sit a little while to let the fumes clear totally from the pipe, but other than that it's fine. Most people use it in their larger tanks. I haven't...

It really depends more on the type of fish, and the filtration method used. If you're talking about a unmodded 12gal nanocube then 2 very small fish is probably about right. Something along the line of a yellow watchman goby and a cleaner goby. But I've seen people run 20-30gal refugiums on...

Checked it out after you posted to marshreef.com about it.

I think the watt/gallon rule is useful in a very, very limited guideline sort of way. Lighting is much more complex than how much intensity you cram over a container. A coral that is 4 inches from the surface and lit by 440w of vho lights is not recieving as intense light than if it's sitting...

They're not the same as household fluorescents. It's fairly confusing, and there are lots of discussions on lighting all over the web. My understanding, (and I didn't delve very deeply), is that there is a different wavelenght of light emitted by marine PC lamps, versus, freshwater PC lamps...

I'm unsure what you mean by biobed. If you mean the main area that the bacteria live that break down your ammonia to nitrites, and nitrites to nitrates, then yes. However if you use a wet dry then the area with bioballs perform the same function, providing area for the bacteria to live. A...

PC = Power Compact Fluorescent. Higher output than normal fluorescent lights, in a much smaller bulb.

Another thing to consider is that there is a cycle that has to be gone through when you set up a new tank. This can ususally take 2 weeks to a month before you want to introduce fish, some corals don't seem to mind, but I just waited a month with nothing in the tank except liverock and sand...

What type of lightbulbs do I want.. Metal Halide? Depends on what kind of coral you want to keep. If you want SPS and/or clams, the accepted guideline is that MH would be best. However I keep a crocea at the top of my tank under 130w pc lamps and it's perfectly happy, shows growth etc...

Looks like an awesome vacation...Keep the pics coming. :D