OMG I am SO glad to see that this thread is still alive and kicking after so many years... I have just gotten back into the salt water side (as of yesterday) and thought I'd come back to see how things were going... Can't wait to post pic's of my new set up once the fish are in and settled in..
Since posting last (oh so long ago) I had to tear down the 150 reef after a power outage and a blown pump sent about 50 gallons of salt water into my family room.. wife was not happy and we had to replace the carpeting.. I went back to fresh water after that with no more sump system. Just recently I came across a deal I could nort pass up:
Complete 110 gal. Oceanic salt set up for $300.00.. Here is what came with it:
Tank, stand, over 100lbs. live rock, sand (also 100lbs.) custom built sump system with pumps.. 1 Picaso Trigger, 1 Naso Tang, 1 Butterfly, 1 Sailfin Blenny, and 1 Damselfish... The owner also through in salt mix, and several chemicals and food.. This was a deal too good to pass up.
I've got the tank running now and the fish should be going in shortly.. I wanted to get them in within 24 hours and since everything was already cycled in, it should not be a problem.. I did not get lighting so I added a marinland reef ready system with LED (10k and actinic blue) also running a side filter and a Sea Clone external protien skimmer.. I will post videos when it's a bit clearer and settled down....
