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Well I ordered the power heads and a heater. I went to order the live rock but they are out of stock for the 45lb and I am not going to pay double the price for 2 20lb pieces so I will wait until they come back into stock. I am going to get the water in the tank tmrw and the salt.

Ah ok Well I will order stuff tmrw and see what we have come thursday Thanks for all the help guys, Ill post an update then!

Ok Ya I have to pick up a few rubbermaid bins anyway to get the water from the place to my house. I figure I will do that monday. Ill order the rock monday as well and one of my power heads because I am not sure I will need the second power head as a few people have said 2 might be over kill.

Ok would this be what I want? http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=393+2565&pcatid=2565 I didnt like the other kind of rock that was at the store...so I think I will go with fiji

For ordering rock online, do you really get quality pieces or does it show up half dead?

Ok Well I went to the largest reef store here in Rochester and they were very helpful. They had two types of live rock, fiji and tonga. They guy, brian, said that I could do 15lbs of each and see how it looks in the tank. I noticed that the tonga is like $9 a pound. Whys that? What should...

Hmm well I am going to the reef store right now, so I will see what they say too and throw it up here and then figure out what I want to do. Right now I just am going to go buy some water and salt to get the tank ready for the live rock. I am going to 2 of the reef stores here to see what they...

Oh also do I really need the protien skimmer? Seems like some tanks have them some dont As for a filter what filter should I get for the 36g tank?

http://cgi.ebay.com/250-W-Metal-Halide-Pendant-Icecap-Ballast-New-XM-Bulb_W0QQitemZ220269259428QQihZ012QQcategoryZ46314QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem That what you had in mind? What are the benefits of using this kind of set up vs the T5. Also, would I have to buy separate moonlighting?

Cool that means I can do live rock this week. Im going to the reef store on sunday so hopefully I can get a good deal.

Ok Ill browse around some more. Ill need the lighting before I get the live rock though right? So I should make lighting my priority now?

Oh I noticed on the T5 light fixtures that the Nova Extreme pro is pretty big... My tanks dimensions are: 30x15x21 Its an All Glass Bow Front 36g. So for lighting...what should I do for this sucker lol

Ya they had a lot of stuff there, their scratch and dent section is awesome. If I was living in rochester longer then a year, I would have definately bought one of the larger tanks they had for about $100. The 36 gallon tanks were only $60 which was pretty sweet. I found a pair of those...

Well I wasn't able to make it to the reef stores tonight before they closed. However I was able to set up the tank at my house and it looks nice. Since its 36 gallon...what changes to my list should I make? Question now though for my list: 1. CPR Bakpak skimmer 2. 40lb of live rock...

I went there and found a pretty nice deal for a 36 gallon bow front with cabinet. Only $110 for both. There is just a tiny scuff on the frame of the tank...which I can sand down and stain if I wanted to but you can barely notice it. Pretty good deal :-) Today Im going to the reef stores in...