new tank

[makana]

mseepman
I did get the combo at the LFS. I've always liked the JBJ cubes but this was the first time I saw a kit that I felt was complete. And getting the chiller for $200 was hard to pass up. I haven't bought a pump yet for the chiller. The LFS has a mag 350 I think and the 250 is pretty much the appropriate flow rate at the head height. I didn't realize that they were loud and hot though.

Any suggestions on a better pump? I was considering a maxijet 1200.

NuraNori
In the 10g I went with sugar sand and seeded it with live rock. If I go with that route again would you recommend aragonite over sugar sand?

globaldesigns
That really sucks. I will probably have double that invested by the time I am done with this one. I looked around locally for quite a while but deals don't come by that often and when they do the are usually long gone by the time I find out.

The reason I was thinking of adding sand, rock, and water from the old tank was that I thought maybe on a biological level the transition could be made more like a large water change than an actual tank change for the inhabitants.

[mseepman]

The MJ1200 has no head pressure, you would probably not be able to make it work for you.

I think a Rio or an eheim seems to be best.

[LeeR]

http://www.jlaquatics.com/product/tz...+1073.020.html

awsome pump

[mseepman]

+1, this is also an excellent suggestion as a pump. I hear they are really quiet and have very few problems.

[makana]

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll have to try and figure out if it has the right flow at the head hieght it will have. I could restrict the output if need be but I'd rather not have to.