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Whilst tearing down my old tank, have been planning my new tank with reddevils. The initial thought was to take a short break from chionging LFS, reefing etc. The break will only last 2 months sadly, because the new tank will be arriving in 2-3 weeks, and after counting in the cycling period, it will only be around 2 months from now before i can officially start reefing again. Tank Specs Display will be 3.5 x 3.5 x 2, giving a total of 183.3 gallons for the main tank 3 panel crystal glass, front and 2 sides Black silicon, 12mm glass Black cabinet and hood Black Oyama paper at the back Euro bracing on top and bottom. Overflow box will not be external, and will be on the left side. The Sump will not be underneath the tank, but instead, will be on the floor in it's own cabinet by the right side of the display Sump will be 3 x 2 x 2 A large portion of the sump will be cordoned off as empty space for future uses, i.e, frag growout, fishes, nano fishes, fuge, etc Cabinet for the sump will have an open top door which can flip open to give a top down look at the sump. Doors at the front as per normal too. Maybe one at the side. Equipment Return pumps, 2 x Eheim 1264 One of the 1264 will pass through the chiller before hitting the main tank 1/3HP artica? Have not fully decided on the chiller yet Deltec 2060 for the skimmer CR, deltec PF 501? For lightings, 2 x 250W MH, supplemented by T5. Am thinking of maybe asking razali to do. A denitrator if i still have enough budget left ._. Livestock Livestock wise, i want to go into SPS this time. Have been playing with softies and LPS for awhile now and i think it would be fun to try something new Fish wise, i will be geering towards butterflyfishes and some angels. My goal is to showcase beautiful non-reefsafe fishes in a reef tank. Butterflies are very overlooked due to the misconception that they are difficult, touchy and expensive. This is not entirely true. True, there are alot that feeds on nothing but corals, but there are a good handful that are hardy and can adapt to aquarium fare. The only way to achieve this is to go SPS as they are relatively safe from the jaws of most butterflies and angels. Till my tank comes, i hope that some of you guys can chip in about SPS and maybe comment on some of my equipment chosen. Equipments are not finalised yet (except the deltec skimmer), so i hope some of the more advance SPS keepers can comment on the choices, and give some suggestions Also would like some advice on SPS husbandry too! For very long i've always admired SPS and this will be my first time attempting them.