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I thought that I would post a few pictures of my tank. It's a standard 90 gallon tank with 2 250W MH, and 4 65W PC's. It's mostly soft corals but there is a few LPS and SPS corals. I also tried to get a good picture of my newest fish, a purple tang. But he's fast and hard to get good pictures of. And I just have a little PHD (push here dumby) camera. I'm currently working on getting my in wall 180 set up that will have a fish only 125 tied into it as well.

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Hi everyone. I'm looking to get coral pretty soon. And I'm looking for some advise on the lighting. The guy at the local fish store said t5 would be sufficient but when I asked him about metal halide he said it would be too hot and I would have to buy a chiller which is 400 to 500 dollars. I was also wondering about led. My tank is 48 inches long and 12 inches wide. I don't want to spend more than 400 dollars. Thanks all. Please feel free to suggest anything.

Hi ,
I am up to purchase New Phosphate (PO4) and Nitrate (NO3) test kit.

I got three kind of product on line:

Hanna:
Hanna Pocket Photometer Phosphate
Hanna Phosphate Photometer Low Range
Hanna Checker Nitrite Ultra Low Range

Elso:
Elos Phosphate Kit.
Elos Nitrate (NO3) Kit.

LaMotte:
LaMotte Low Range Nitrate Test Kit
LaMotte Phosphate Test Kit.

Which one do you recommend me to buy ...

... I found myself in Dirk's booth looking for treasure for the new 400g. Picked up a new cleaning magnet for the 3/4" thick glass, three 300w heaters, a Coralife Turbo-Sea 1090 pump for the 265g saltwater reservoir, and two new bulkheads for the new sump I'm going to build.

I saw lots of nice corals at very affordable pricing. Wish I could have brought some home, but there's no benefit to doing that now.

EDIT: Here's a picture of this weekend's haul. Included ...

If you are a novice underwater photographer, there is a pretty cool contest going on. But you actually have to be in the water taking the pics, no aquarium shots allowed...

All the details here http://www.uwphotographyguide.com/photo-contest-rules over $67,000 worth of prizes