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Tank looks so clean....well brewed.

Reading this I see your point your tester reads 1.022 for nsw so that is what your going to.

I run my salinity at 1.025 to 1.026' what do you use to test your salinity?

Yes I noticed that and nice colour too!!

Looks nice and clean, you must be doing it right to keep an Anemone alive in a new tank. Nice looking nem

Tank looks nice and clean, nice photos like the "you can't see me one" very nice tank

Looks very well looked after...lovely tank

Thanks if you decide on Leds you are best to research them on overseas sites that sell them find ones that will suit your tank, most sites have charts to help with dimensions. Some still swear by Metal Halides with T'5 combo, but I like my Leds.

Well I have Leds now upgraded from MH with T'5s it cost an arm and a leg to get them to cover my tank, but I am pleased with them and I am saving heaps on the power bill and bulb replacement. If you decide on Leds make sure you get 3w cree mine penetrate to the bottom of my 660mm without the need for lens kits These are my Leds when they are on about half bright turning down for the evening

What lighting are you looking at metal halide, t5, leds?

If your tank is 4 foot and room to get down the sides of the tank you will reach from the side in to work on the back of the tank. Mine is one meter wide and I love the width coming from a 600mm wide tank great for aquascaping. if one mtr is too wide try 800mm or at least as wide as you possible can. 600 to 770 mm height is good mine is 660mm

Very nice welcome to marines :thup:

Cool looking forward to photos I hope PP chimes in here he has the coolest NZ Native Marine Tanks...... I know he used a deepsand bed in a massive sump and far north very beautiful crushed shell for substrate it looks absolutely stunning. I think he put the substrate in after the algae stages had finished.

I ended up getting one from Aquacave shipping was a bit expensive but then I got some other stuff at the same time

I don't understand the question 100% are you looking at having a fish only setup if you don't need to grow coral? If so it is still advised to have coral rock in the tank to give the fish some where to sleep and feed off. There are different systems to choose from for the sump to give Biological media eg: zeovit, deepsand beds, nitrate reactors etc I personal have a very clean sump run with filter socks, skimmer, po4 reactor and the zeovit system.