Well, as you have probably guessed, I broke down and bought the tank. I won't have it till Friday night or Saturday with plumbing and filling day on Saturday and Sunday is LR day.
Guess I need to say what I finally decided.
I went with the Oceanic.
It is actually a 90g tech tank with starfire glass on the front, drilled with overflow etc and the Oceanic stand. I have a 30g that I will use for the sump and an ASM G1-s that will be the skimmer. Since it will be several months till livestock is added I got a bucket of IO salt. I also got a Mag 700 for the return. I may turn the return into a spraybar but untill I get the livestock I don't think it matters. I got 75lbs of pre-cured Hatian LR and 25lbs of pre-cured Tongan. I will pick out the actual pieces on Sunday but he is allowing me to pick from the holding tanks or the display tanks. I also doubt he will hold me to exact amounts.
Let's see. The system will also have a 1/4 HP Pacific Coast chiller and Nova Extreme T5 lights. The lights should be fine for the few corals I plan for this tank (mostly gorgonians for hitching posts).
That might be everything for now. It has been such a whirlwind I may have forgotten something but that is most of it anyway.
I have not yet decided on substrate though we will put eggcrate on the bottom ot the tank under the rock.
This tank is going to be for seahorses and a blkuespot jawfishI Obviously some snails and perhaps a shrimp or two but really the ponies and jawfish are the point of the tank. Mostly the ponies but I think the jaw will be very happy there so I am combining them info one.
Since I have a day or two left to make adjustments please feel free to make any and all suggestions.
Otherwise look forward to pics sometime this weekend. I absolutely love the tank so I will take lots of pics.