[Bob I]

Originally Posted by Mother Reefer

I don't plan on having any high lighting required corals, just shrooms, leathers, zoos, gsp's & xenias. My tank is 12h x 24L x 12.5w (15gal), with a 1" sandbed, the lights won't be that far from the corals.

There is a very nice DIY canopy at nano-reef but I'm not sure if I want to make one (because that would lead to the problem of how to get in there to clean/feed) or just buy the mounting legs and leave the top open. Any suggestions on this?

You should be fine. I use the 2X65W Coralife Aqualight on a 15. I just use the 10000K bulb, and I use the legs, and a sliding glass cover.

I'm only planning on 1x65w and the only fish I'd like to put in there is a GSM

I like Beverly's setup with the A/C, heater in and foam. The only thing I'm contemplating is whether to get a mini or a 300 and make it into a small refuge>?

You could get serious and use a AC 500. There are a number of people who have posted recently that do that very thing.

I'll see if I can control things with just waterchanges and if I have a problem I'll get that Coralife mini-skimmer for it, we'll see how things turn out but I'm pretty sure the waterchanges should do me fine.[

That sounds just fine.