Well I just set one up (or am currently doing it.) The lighting is pretty good, adequate for some corals so long as you don't try to put a bunch of SPS in it. My new torch coral seems to be doing well and it's near the bottom.
Anyways I got 30lbs of live rock and 20lbs live sand, added a rio 50 and a rio 800 (rio 50 is pointed up for increased agitation and aeration). I don't really think the pump it came with is enough. Also I put a tape cassette over the intake to make it into an overflow - works pretty well.
Take out the bio balls and ceramic rings... I am going to put some tonga rock in that chamber later on but for now it has some sea chem and filter floss.
Well with any tank be smart, take it slow and test it a lot. Mine never really cycled (cured live rock I guess) but the nitrates seem to hover around 10ppm for whatever reason.
Cleanup crew is
6
blue legged hermit crabs
4 scarlet legged hermit crabs
5 astera snails
6
nassarius snails
1 queen conch
1 fire shrimp
and maybe a sea cuke if I can fine one who wont spill his guts everywhere.
