Glen told me:

Some employee at a local pet store told him he could'nt use the bio-wheel,blah blah blah,etc etc etc

,and yet Glen decided to let us show our stuff once again,and we proved once again that we can and will show anyone a better more affordable way of saltwater aquarium keeping than most LFS's (Local Fish Stores)and obviously proved once again that a lot pet stores give false or misleading information when it comes to saltwater aquarium keeping. And trust me,what you hear about,you can't put a hippo tang in a tank this size,is Bull (their goes those know-it-alls on some of those forums again,giving bad advice),as we are sure this hippo tang will have a happy,long life in this tank as long as Glen and his family do their part in taking care of it as per our recommendations,they have chosen to even do their own monthly water change after we showed them how simple it is,and have also been advised by us,and are planning to finalize their setup with a U.V. Sterelizer, as everyone knows how important we feel this piece of equipment is .,as we have proven before in many other peoples tanks,its all about not exceeding the bio-load (1/4 to 1/2 inch of fish per gallon,depending on live rock/bio-filter) as well as not starting off with too large of a hippo tang,or any other fish to begin with.Up to a 2-3 inch hippo like the one in this tank "can" have a happy long life in this size tank,regardless of what anyone says,you tell them we prove it over and over. And if this Tang should outgrow this tank in a matter of time,we always accept trades and would gladly trade him in on a smaller one.

As everyone knows,we highly recommend the use of a U.V. sterelizer. Unfortunately Glen has told us that he is not willing to spend the money at this time on one. We truly hope he changes his mind,as this could put his fish in jeopardy. Glen if you're reading this,please check out Aquatraders.com where you can get one cheap,and then all you need is a low flow rated power head and 2 small pieces of hose to hook it up (aprox Do-It-Yourself total cost $100). We sell the entire setup for $119.99 and install it free,should you wish for us to take care of it for you.

Please note: We have been using Aquatraders stuff for several years now and have had great success with their products. Some have said they have not had the same success and even claim to have done much research on some of their products with less than favorable results. We have been using many of their light fixtures for more than 3 or 4 years and love them,and at the same time we have had horable luck with the fixture on our large retail reef,which is a name brand and cost WAYYYY more than the same Wattage fixture we could have gotton from Aquatraders,so please keep this in mind and remind yourself of the old saying> "You can't believe everything you read",especialy these days!! :-)

P.S. However lately we have found their U.V. bulbs are lasting only a couple of months,at best,before blowing,,hope they improve on this defect or we will be looking elsewhere for U.V. replacement bulbs :-)

UPDATE: Aquatraders have improved on their U.V. replacement bulbs and have even redesigned their U.V. units. Nice job Aquatraders,we see the improvements and are very happy with them.

Below are a few pictures of Boo & Ron G.'s New Red Sea max250 setup.

Everyone knows how I feel about these self contained do-dads as far as

wondering if they offer adequate flow and filtration etc.. But I have to say

that I am very impressed with this little setup so far.

It has a very powerful return pump,nice protien skimmer,lighting etc.,and

came all inclusive with everything needed to get things going properly.

The price Ron tells me he paid for this tank is very reasonable in my opinion. Take a look at this beauty!

Thank you to Boo & Ron for giving us the pleasure of supplying everything in setting it up for you guys.

Ron & Nicki

This tank was set up using our 4 day method. This tank is shown at 3 weeks old and other than a coral nipper that has to come out,things have gone great and everything is doing wonderfull. We had hoped we had the dwarf angel that we put in this tank eating good enough that he would rather be fed than nip as we have done in the past,but unfortunately this time our gamble did'nt seem to pay off as we are pretty sure he has nipped the Goniopora and the Pagoda Corals,so he will have to go,can't win them all :-)

Again Thank You to Boo & Ron G. and congradulations on your new setup :-)