Stocking my 55 Gal

Typically people go with blue or black backgrounds. I have t5 lighting for my 55.

 

But what coloring? I am hearing 14k?

 

Here are a couple photos. I am receiving another 45 lbs of live Rock on wednesday from Liveaquaria.com. this should put me at around 65lbs in my 55 Gal. I am thinking about adding a sump/refugium, can i used my 10 gal tank that is sitting formant in my garage or should i track down something larger?

 

Wow, are those 2 rocks 10 lbs each? LOL

We have an orange-spot goby, a 6-spot goby, and 2 orbic cardinals in our 55. The orange-spot is the only colorful fish in there.

We originally had a 13 gallon sump, but upgraded to a 20+ gallon one. It's helped a lot.

 

one is the 12, the other 8. The LFS was surprised as well!

 

We picked up 2 juvenile Peculis (sp?) Clownfish. My wife is in love =-).

 

Today I received 45 lbs of live rock. the first picture is the rubber tub i am using to cure it. I was thinking about placing a couple pieces into my main tank to up the live bacteria content. Any thoughts?

 

I received the 4 LED lamp kits today in the mail from Boost LED. Just as advertised the lighting is incredible. I have shadows i didn't know about and the fish look vibrant! I don;t have any corals - letting the tank adjust to the new lighting and want to get the sump cycled into the tank. The clamps and housing work well for the lights and they are easily adjustable. Some others have mentioned them getting to hot, i have had them on for hours and don't see how this is possible as mine feel warm to the touch but definitely nothing to be concerned about. Here is a picture of what they looked like after install. I got 4 of the 3 royal blue, 1 neutral white and 1 cool white.