New (to me) 150g reef

I'd like to introduce everyone to the newest addition to the household: (warning, both camera and photography skills suck )
Don't laugh, I have a rediculously low amount of bio-load for this size of a tank....

Fish/inverts: 2x Blue/green Chromis, 1 Jawfish, 1 Gold stripe Premnas, 1 GBTA, 1 pink-tip GBTA, 1 cleaner shrimp, 1 Sailfin blenny, 1 Scooter blenny

Corals(et al): 2x Hammer Coral, 1x colony Green Star Polyps, 1 colony green zoanthids, 1 colony red Palys, 2 purple mushrooms, 2 ricordea, 1 colony pulsing xenia, assortment of fan worms and feather dusters.

Equipment: 150g Oceanic w/2x overflows, 30g sump, Blue Line 1100GPH pump, Marineland 300 in-sump skimmer, 2x SuperActinic 72" VHO, and 3x175w MH (still need ballasts), 2x Hydor #3 powerheads (ok, maybe the skimmer is overkill).

 

sweet tank!!! Congrats, whats on the back walls of your tank?? looks like some type of algea?

 

It's pond "foam" texturing. Once it's overgrown with life, it will just look like natural rock. Took about 8 cans, but I had Rob and Bill at Southwest Saltwater apply it for me when I bought the tank from them. Here's a link and a pic:
http://www.southwestsaltwater.net/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=31

 

thats awsome! i really like the way it looks, you even have an anemone on there, any other animals you plan on putting on it?

 

I like how you put the coral on the fake rock, looks cool. I guess you have the big brother to my 58 gallon Oceanic;D Tank looks beautiful now and can't wait to see it full!

 

Thanks guys. I can't wait too!! It's really kind of plain having all that unfilled real-estate, but once I get back from Iraq, I'm going hog-wild (with a little sense mixed in )

 

I'd love some more ideas. Currently I'm working on a CoralVue MH triple ballast, then I can begin stocking. Anyone have some more input for design or stock? I've got about a 4-6 weeks left before D-day and need to get it rolling for my wife before I leave.

 

I like your lights Yep can't wait to see it full too!

 

Dude, that is nice. Very nice. I love the background. If I would have known that was possible, I would have done it. K+ for that most excellent set up. And dude, things like this don't stock themselves overnight anyway. Jeeeeez. Nice bro.

 

its fun for sure. Thinking about a yellow tang and a flame angel, and probably a couple of corals, then leave it at that until I get home for mid-tour R&R in about 6 or 7 months.