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[Brando457]

What is a good Ro/DI maker to purchase from AWI? or any other online vendor?

I will be running a 135 gallon tank + 30-50 gallon sump and will have an ATO.

Which would you guys and gals suggest that is easy and efficient, but not too expensive?

My water it would be using is well if that makes a difference. Also I will be connecting it to my washer line and draining it down the washer drain.

 

[9supratt4]

Go with the Typhoon 5 stage for $150!!

 

[Brando457]

Go with the Typhoon 5 stage for $150!!

Thanks Steve as always! I will be ordering that soon I'm guessing since I will have my sump Monday and light soon after? . Next is return pump, skimmer, and LR.

I'm ordering my stand Monday will pick it up Thursday. My room needs to be done soon!!! I want to get this tank up and running.

What fish do you think I should do goodsir?

 

[9supratt4]

I guess I have no life....LOL!! Really just the perks of working from home!!

Well since you are going to keep corals, that knocks your list down to no angels or butterfly's.

You have any certain show piece fish you defintely want to try and keep??

 

[Brando457]

I guess I have no life....LOL!! Really just the perks of working from home!!

Well since you are going to keep corals, that knocks your list down to no angels or butterfly's.

You have any certain show piece fish you defintely want to try and keep??

If I could I'd like to have my pair of clowns and another pair of picassos, but not sure it is doable in my new tank. As far as other fish go not really sure, I might do a few blue chromis after seeing yours, and a coral beauty, but other than that not really sure.

 

[mfisher2112]

Some people have been able to keep multiple pairs of clowns, personally, I wouldn't risk it but that's just me.

Chromis are cool, I also like the yellow tailed blue damsels. I have a few in my 90 gallon and they are model citizens, very colorful.

I have a copperband butterfly in with softies and zoas (anthleia, zoas, pallys) and he doesn't touch em.

Have also kept flame angels, bi-color angels and a lemonpeel angel that didn't bother my softies in the past, but they are all dwarf angels, and I feed heavily (don't believe in hungry fish! )

Don't know how they will behave around SPS though, that could be a completely different story.

Here's a good general read on centropyge species:

http://www.centropyge.net/

Here's a pretty cool "rough guide" (wouldn't consider it the end all be all, but it will give you a general idea) compatibility chart:

http://www.liveaquaria.com/general/compatibility_chart.cfm

I'd say figure out if you want some kind of "center piece" like supra said, and work your stock list around that.

For instance, my 90 gallon houses a blue spot naso tang (she will eventually make her way to the 210) that I have had for about 3 years. She's not your "normal" tang you see in most tanks, but I like her because when I bought her she was "different". Silver sheen, irridescent blue spots, blue lips, slight yellow frings on her tail fin, and slight orange fringe on her pectoral. Point is, she behaves like a puppy with me, even recognizes the camera and dances in front of it now, but I have to guage my fish stock list around her because there are certain things she will just NOT tolerate in "her tank".

 

[Brando457]

As far as center piece that would be my 2 clowns. They were really the fish that I had to have. The others will be just as important, but these 2 are my babies.

Also I think when I rock my tank I want to have 3 areas of rock work and keep 2 gaps between each, then in the center area have a hammer and hopefully it will grow huge and be the center piece of the tank. If not that then maybe some acan frags to growout.

But as far as fish I'm really not sure what I want.

 

[jazzsam]

Some people have been able to keep multiple pairs of clowns, personally, I wouldn't risk it but that's just me.

Chromis are cool, I also like the yellow tailed blue damsels. I have a few in my 90 gallon and they are model citizens, very colorful.

I have a copperband butterfly in with softies and zoas (anthleia, zoas, pallys) and he doesn't touch em.

Have also kept flame angels, bi-color angels and a lemonpeel angel that didn't bother my softies in the past, but they are all dwarf angels, and I feed heavily (don't believe in hungry fish! )

Don't know how they will behave around SPS though, that could be a completely different story.

Here's a good general read on centropyge species:

http://www.centropyge.net/

Here's a pretty cool "rough guide" (wouldn't consider it the end all be all, but it will give you a general idea) compatibility chart:

http://www.liveaquaria.com/general/compatibility_chart.cfm

I'd say figure out if you want some kind of "center piece" like supra said, and work your stock list around that.

For instance, my 90 gallon houses a blue spot naso tang (she will eventually make her way to the 210) that I have had for about 3 years. She's not your "normal" tang you see in most tanks, but I like her because when I bought her she was "different". Silver sheen, irridescent blue spots, blue lips, slight yellow frings on her tail fin, and slight orange fringe on her pectoral. Point is, she behaves like a puppy with me, even recognizes the camera and dances in front of it now, but I have to guage my fish stock list around her because there are certain things she will just NOT tolerate in "her tank".

I had two sets of clowns in my 240. They still fought a little but it was large enough they mostly got along.

 

[mfisher2112]

I had two sets of clowns in my 240. They still fought a little but it was large enough they mostly got along.

I'm guessing if they were all introduced at the same time, had enough "caves" etc to retreat to on opposite ends of the tank, and with the 6' length of the tank, he'd probably be ok. Unless they all decided they wanted the same tiny little hole!

BTW, good to see you back and active Sam!