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[ponokareefer]

If you go with MH's on that small of a tank, you will need some good fans, or a chiller. All lights produce heat, but MH's will produce more heat. Price out chillers, and you'll find out that they are not cheap. Fans can also add a fair amount of noise, so that is something to consider as well in the office. While I personally really like MH's over T5's, on that small of a system, you may want to choose the T5's, unless you go with a chiller.

[Madreefer]

I suggest you get some aqua gloves. There has been alot of posts about people who have had problems after brushing up against something. Do a search on it. You can get blood poisoning or if you have a fish like a foxface you can be stung by the fins which have venom in them.

[moldrik]

We work a ridiculous amount, so nothing ever gets shut down on weekends. The office is fairly cold, but my tank is sitting at around 23-25 degrees Celcius.

The lights are on a retrofit kit I think with fans on them. It sounds like a good quality setup.

Tomorrow I'm picking up the new tank, some more live rock and the light setup. I can't wait to have the tank up and running.

I read up on two posts actually on that, one guy had a huge worm in his tank with spikes on it, and the other guy was hand feeding his foxface and got accidentally stung. I'm gonna have to head over to J&L again soon, so I'll probably pick up some gloves.
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[digital-audiophile]

I usually do not bother with wearing gloves.. only if I plan on moving rock around more so I don't get cut on any sharp edges.

Don't waste your money on aqua gloves.. way too much $$$

Go to Lee Valley and pick up a pair of mucking gloves, $7.95





http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page...=2,42407,33240

[Whatigot]

gloves are for mimes and pansies...lol

I just use the spray gun in my kitchen sink to wash my arms and hands very well
and I own 2 pairs of aquagloves (neither of which I bought).

I would def go with a single 150w MH for your setup, you see pendants come up all the time for great prices on canreef and with that much light on a small tank, you can go to a 20k bulb, nice and blue so you don't even need supplements.

[Diana]

Like mentioned before, gloves are good for moving around live rock, and even then usually only necessary with lots of little sharp growths like forams. They usually dont allow the "fine touch" that is necessary when placing corals or doing maintenance. I am going to look into those Lee Valley gloves! I am allergic to bristle worms.

[digital-audiophile]

You will like the lee valley gloves, they actually give a better "touch" than the aquagloves,.. not as bulky. They also don't seem to get as sweaty and smell like a$$ on the inside like aquagloves

[Whatigot]

admitably, I have cut my fingers pretty good on sharp things on rocks before, so if you are delicate, the gloves may be a good idea.