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I'll try not to go on for too long here. I've been away from the hobby for about a year. I had a really incredible 120g reef with 60g refugium, and 2-250w hallides and 2-96w PC's. I live in the Santa Clarita Valley in California and my electrical bills were skyrocketing during the summer. My chiller was running pretty much all day. Even in the winter my electric bills were $150 more than the norm. My wife and I figured that such a large system was costing me upwards of $350 a month including the cleaning service that was costing me $130 per month. So I had to actually pay someone to come in and remove it. The pump and Chiller were drilled through the wall of my house so they could sit outside to decrease noise.

Now after a year, my wife has agreed to allow me to get back in slowly by purchasing a nano that I can completely take care of myself, and not have electrical costs sky rocket. Here's my plan. I'm not sure of the system yet, but it's between Bio-Cube 29, The new JBJ-28 or the Red Sea Max-34. Bio-Cube or JBJ I'll probably go with the Sapphire Skimmer. I know it's made for the Bio-Cube, but I think it fits in the JBJ as well. I'm going to run a 1/15 hp chiller with a heater source as well. I'm upgrading the lighting through Nanotuners.com no matter which system I go with.

Alright so there's the backround, here's my question. Should I run a refugium with whichever system I choose? If so how would you suggest setting it up? My plan is to have a pair of Ocellaris Clowns or Percula's, 1 purple firefish, and 1 Goby of some sort. I may one more fish to that list depending on what I see that catches my eye at my LFS. Of course I'll have many different corals as well. I'll also have a few shrimp, and of course Snails and such for cleaning. I'm going to have about 30 lbs of live rock and sand in the tank.

Sorry for the length, but I appreciate all your help!!
Bill Bowden