ERC's corals are amazing. All of them are thriving and happy. Richard went out of his way to meet up with me as well. Will definitely do business again!
Yes please for the love of god don't be one of those people trying to cram a tang into a small tank. I feel bad for having a small juvenile Eibli Mimic tang in my 55 as it is. Then again I am upgrading to a 150 so he can have some more swimming room. IMHO having such a small tank is not good for FOWLR options. When you look at what most people in this hobby have it is small tanks (40G and less) with a mostly reef/coral environment. They do this for a reason as small tanks don't work well with a big fish population. However there are tons of fish you can put in your tank. I would recommend you take a look through the reefsafe wrasse's. They will add some color and character to your tank. +1 on LiveAquaria.
I would just go to a LFS for water to be honest. I used the fill it up yourself drinking RO water at stores and it was crap. Bring a portable TDS with you and see for yourself. Plus it is only RO not RODI water. LFS will more than likely have way better water quality. It is easier to get it done right the first time. Just my 2 cents
I did a DIY wooden ir stone skimmer a while back on my 10 gallon. It worked okay I guess. I got a hob octo and that tripled the skim in the first 48 hours of operation. +1 on the HOB
Steve and Vince are top notch. This is the only place I can take my wife and let her do the shopping for awesome corals and not hear the nagging for how much is being spent. :-) thanks again for the salt, cleaner wrasse, zoa's, and golden torch.