Thanks for the info guys. Actually I am down at ACO quite often, I acquired one of his unused setups by pure chance. Taira-san is awesome, he helped me out delivering water and also showing me around to some of his customer's setups to get different ideas. What I have going now is a roughly 55gal with a 20 gal(?) sump, Vertex IN-80 skimmer, MAG 9.5 return going through a chiller before the aquarium. Two SEIO powerheads with the controller and for lighting a NOVA 6 bulb T5 setup. I really need to get some pics, just got the finishing (yeah right) touches added in the rockwork and there are several corals, some sort of tang I found at the beach half dead, a wrasse, frogfish and a couple blennies doing well so far. dosing B-ionic 2 part every day to keep the calcium up. Not my first rodeo so I'm trying to do everything right this time, haha. I actively look for the lowest electricity usage equipment to save on the bills where I can. Seriously debating going to one Vortech MP20 for circulation. What's cool also is the plumbing setup in the stand will accommodate a GFO reactor by splitting flow from the return. I like to keep the return throttled anyway, so 2 birds with one stone there.
The only thing I'm not 110% stoked with is the sump setup. It's high quality but the return side has almost zero circulation, need to redo the inside baffles. Detritus gets stuck in there and is really hard to get out without getting it into the main tank. A fuge section would be great also.
If anybody wants to come by and check it out let me know, I'm right out Kadena gate 1. Always happy to learn something new and make more contacts.
Vince
