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Generally a Kole tang should work, theres always a chance it wont. I think Koles are great fish and are among the hardest workers. You can also try one of the following instead of the Kole, -Chevron, Tomini, Striatus which are all hard workers as well and in the bristletoothe family. I love my Kole tang.

Looking great.

Looks very nice, congrats.

I run a Korallin C-4002 and think its very steady and realible. I have had it on line four about 4 months now and no problems what so ever. I am sure they are all nice, just can only speak for what I run.

360 main tank 36 bow zoa tank 60 sump 20 fuge 20 +- skimmer Total 496 gallons

Nice looking tank and great pics, Thanks. I dont think your new wrasse will appreciate the barebottom though. Once the bare bottoms age they look nice but I could never do it with all my wrasse's.

Very nice setup, good luck with selling it, I know how you feel as I've been down that road before.

I have a 6"7" yellow belly and when I got he hid in the rocks for a few days also, no he is very out and bold all day. He wants to be king of the tank but he cant compete with my 12" blonde naso so he just falls in line. Great overall fish, where did you pick yours up if you dont mind me asking?

55 gals every two weeks on my 360.

Thats cool, someone on RC just posted pics of their mandarins doing the same, must be that time of the year?

In my opinion I would use a smaller return pump, something in the 1200gph range, you really dont need that much flow through your sump. If that is even a option for you however.

As far as a good UV unit, Aqua Ultraviolet is one of the better ones out there, the bulbs are suppose to last longer than most. Also, I dont know from experience but its said that the wiper models are a waste of money.

3 years ago I bought a 125 softy tank with snails, crabs and a coral banded shrimp. The tank was setup for four years and all the fish were put in within the first six months, Two groupers, lion, puffer, yellow tang, sohal tang, few damsels and the niger. Needless to say all the fish were very large and all got along great. I only kept the tangs so I didnt see them but the two days prior to the break down of the tank. They all got along great and were very healthy. He said the trigger was a model citizen though.

No water, just dry sand.

Seen on rc, fill ziplock bags with sand ( southdown ) and then sit the pumps on it. Seems like a great idea.

Little Giant pumps are priced low and run forever without worries, just a tad bit on the loud side.

With your tap water being in the 185 tds range, the water out of your r/o should read 1-2 tds . when it starts to read over 5-7 tds you might want to replace some filters.

Cant go wrong with ASM, I would try to get a used G3 or go over budget a little and get a new one. Then do the recirc mod and it will skim the heck out of your 120.

Since your in B-more check out cmas-md.org, another great place to meet locals that are in the hobby.

you have pm

I use Instant Ocean also, like the old saying weve heard a million times goes, If it aint broke, dont fix it...

I am looking for a nice return pump for my 175. Anybody have one laying around?

You can get a brand new Reeflo Dart pump for like $184.00, and a brand new asm g3 for $250. He might want to rethink these prices also.

I will take 2 tunze 6100's and dual controller 2 maxi jet 1200's new mag 18 3 maxima clams you have pm

I have had great success with all fish and inverts from Roozens, I never quarantine any fish, I believe it does more harm than good. You just have to be smart about your purchases and know what you are buying. If theres any sign or doubt of its health or behavoir, leave it alone. I do however recommend checking very carefully for any hitchhikers on rock or corals before you add it to your system. This goes for every store in the country. Dont be mad at roozens if you had a bad experience, they dont make you buy it, be mad at yourself. Joe.