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Pretty much spent all of February gathering info and trying to decide if I should jump back in after about 10 yrs. away from the hobby. Seeing how far the technology has come got me excited so I jumped in to planning a mixed reef. Back in the day I had mostly soft corals, a clown fish pair with a host bubble tip anemone, and other aquatic life. It was relaxing to watch the clowns and anemone and the way the soft corals move in the water.
Wound up deciding on the red sea reefer 170 for its simple set up. Bought almost everything from Bulk Reef Supply on 3/17 and the remaining on Amazon.
Enough story time here's the goods.
Red sea reefer 170 white 34 gal
9 gal sump
Syncra pump 568 gph
Bubble magus curve 5 skimmer
125 eheim heater
Ecotech mp10 powerhead
20# Coral pro live sand
About 20 lbs reefsaver dry rock (ordered about 40 lbs )
Radion G5 pro light and mount
Received most everything by the 24th & 25th and had it set up and running on the 26th. Added 4 oz Dr. Tim's one and only and dosed with ammonia. She's been humming ever since. I like the look of the tank and am satisfied with the aquascape. I bought some gorilla glue gel to glue some of the pieces together for stability. I plan to follow brandon429's advice laid out in his microbiology of reef tank cycling thread. That thread is loaded with lots of great information that makes sense to me, worth the read a few times.
Wound up deciding on the red sea reefer 170 for its simple set up. Bought almost everything from Bulk Reef Supply on 3/17 and the remaining on Amazon.
Enough story time here's the goods.
Red sea reefer 170 white 34 gal
9 gal sump
Syncra pump 568 gph
Bubble magus curve 5 skimmer
125 eheim heater
Ecotech mp10 powerhead
20# Coral pro live sand
About 20 lbs reefsaver dry rock (ordered about 40 lbs )
Radion G5 pro light and mount
Received most everything by the 24th & 25th and had it set up and running on the 26th. Added 4 oz Dr. Tim's one and only and dosed with ammonia. She's been humming ever since. I like the look of the tank and am satisfied with the aquascape. I bought some gorilla glue gel to glue some of the pieces together for stability. I plan to follow brandon429's advice laid out in his microbiology of reef tank cycling thread. That thread is loaded with lots of great information that makes sense to me, worth the read a few times.