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Have started several tanks with Dr. Tims and am happy with it. Just make sure you add it and your fish pretty close together (within a day or two) because once you add the bacteria you need to feed it too.
When we had leds over the 200g, we built a black acrylic shield around it that could slide on and off the light rails if we needed to get to the lights. It worked pretty well but we got rid of the whole setup and went with a t5/led hybrid fixture instead.
Most reptile tanks are not built to hold water and will fail if you fill them with water. Tanks, depending on the size, can be pretty cheap if you know where to look. What size are you looking for?
I am pretty sure smcooler has the oregon tort and probably the pink caddy. Dnovi might have them too, they are probably you best bet for NJ based frags.
Where do you have the cyphestra?
We have always looked at the carpet nems as well, but you will lose fish to it so we always try and calculate that into the cost of them. They are amazing though.