Thanks! Yea, this thing is a blast. The kids absolutely love it and every day they asking me to "come look at this". This tank is the perfect size for our needs and skill level. I haven't purchased a RO/DI system like I had previously mentioned. My LFS sells salt water and fresh water super cheap and for the size of this tank, I really can justify building a system to make my own. With the live rock and sand in the tank there really is probably only like 25 gallons in the tank. With a 10-15% water change every 2 weeks its not all that expensive just gettin the water from them. Best part is, it only takes about 3 minutes to get the water from them instead of hours making it ha ha.
As far as lighting goes Ive left it stock. I may purchase "Steves LED's" in the future but at around $300 I'm not in much of a rush. And honestly the whole reason I bought the tank was to get soft corals and or anemones which provide a ton of movement in my tank. I love the sps corals but I really dig a tank that has a ton of movement. In about 4 months we will probably get a BTA. For now we have the GSP and ill probably buy a torch or xeina next week to add a little more movement. Funny, people say xeina and GSP are like weeds. To me the flow and movement they provide is stunning. So ill just keep try and keep them controlled.
Next up is a power head next and another heater. I realized that my 5 gallons of saltwater I had was 70 degrees in the bucket and I'm sure the tank wouldn't have enjoyed me dumping that on them. So i had to take the heater out of the tank to heat it up real quick. Which surprisingly didn't take long at all. And the tank didn't budge on temp.
What fish do you have in your tank?
