Ok, so it's been quite a while since I wrote and I need to fill in some blanks. I got the 150 up and running and it was awesome. WAS. Then I moved. Had to break down the tank, empty the contents into a smaller tank, store the live rock and most of the equipment, and move the monster again. I wound up giving my mom the 55 gallon I had and setting her up with a salt water set-up in 55 gallon. That is in New Jersey.

I now live in Maine. In the process of moving the top of my 150 was cracked. I just moved from the house I was renting in Vassalboro, Maine to Augusta and when I did I was unable to take the 150....due to a lack of interested persons to help me. I left it for the new tennants.

Next week I am getting a 110 high, which I am really excited about. It is comming with just about everything. Here are the specs on my set-up.

*110 X-High Tank, Hood, Dual Flourescent light, Wooden stand
*red sea prizm deluxe protein skimmer with surface skimmer
*emporer 400 filter
*using the wetdry as a multi purpose refugium by eliminating the previous bio balls and using live rock in their place
*300 watt stainless submersable heater with out of tank heating unit/controller, and thermostat that places in aquarium
*2 powerheads (250 GPH roughly, nothing crazy, but definately pushes water)

I plan on using sandbox sand as a base again. It seemed to really work well and was cheap!! I don't know that I'll need too much because of the amount of live sand I am using. I am adding +/- 100 lbs live sand to it, which is being harvested out of an already established tank.

I am also setting up a 20 gallon quarantine tank, which I never did before. I am trying to play by the rules a little more this time.

My first few tank inhabitants will include some damsels (stop cringing), a serpent star, sand sifting star, and of coarse hermits, snails, and maybe a crab. I am not going to rush into any anenomes. I would like to find a paired anenome and Percula and add them together. I am going to get into some soft corals. Low light of coarse since I have not interest in metal halides or getting too crazy into lighting. I'd rather spend the money on fish.

So those are my big plans. For me, this is better than and drug ever could be!!