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well I broke down and got 2 ecotech vortechs paid ($605 shipped) they will go into the 215g and 2 hydor koralia 4 pumps for the frag section of the tank, got everything except the 215g, stand. need to build the top and pipe. Its going to be so much fun. The 125g stand is built and stained, the tank has been baffled so the first 26inches will be a refugium and the rest frag grow out. waiting for my marine depot (pan world and hydor pumps) and saltycritter (halide lighting) orders to come in.

Yet stressful because some how I got montipora eating nudibranches in my frag (30t) and 125g display, had to remove as much as I could and freshwater dip then into a seperate nano tank to hopefully recover, the rest in my man tank are a total loss, the stuff i couldn't save ( only have so much in the nano) got yanked and junked into a freshwater bath to die, lost about $800-1000 worth of montipora that could have been sold to local stores. Guess I won't be able to have montipora in that system for atleast 7 months.