Besides the tank.....what are the TOP 5 pieces of equipment you utilize for your reef tank?

[revhtree]

Thank you everyone!

 

[Beta reefs.]

I’m late to the discussion.

Return Pump
Powerheads
Skimmer
Lights
UV

You don’t need uv it’s not necessarily but it’s good to have anyway.

 

[eqbal9947]

I’m late to the discussion.

You don’t need uv it’s not necessarily but it’s good to have anyway.

I got it for a bacterial bloom and it clears up my water amazingly! It wasn’t working for a bit and I noticed a few corals died and my gem tang got fin rot. Once I got it going again, things started to get better. I have it on for 22 hours every other night

 

[exnisstech]

Not in any order because I feel I need all of them.
ATO
Heater controller
Power heads
Lighting
Return pump

 

[rhitee93]

I'm going to cheat and skip down past all of the equipment that I feel is critical for life support. In my system, heaters, pumps, testing equipment and lights are all mission critical IMO, but I don't think that is what the OP was after.

Things that are optional:

Skimmer
Reef Mat
RODI/Water mixing station
A towel rack and towel inside my sump cabinet
Adjustable micropipettes

 

[TokenReefer]

ATO (critical imo for stability unless your robotic about keeping up)
Milwaukee digital refractometer (just got this; omg why did I wait so long; game changer)
Apex (just runnin a Jr but it presents the data in a great way that beats my hand written log book anyday)
Swing arm light that clamps onto my table that I do my testing at (makes seeing things so much easier; can put it right on top of what I'm looking at)
Pipettes! (all sizes; I never have enough!)

 

[Sophie"s mom]

Besides the tank...what are the TOP 5 pieces of equipment you utilize for your reef tank?

The first few pieces of equipment are easy but I think some of your answers after those will vary! Interested to see what your TOP 5 list looks like!

in order of importance, to me at least, lights, heater, skimmer, power heads, filter.

 

[X-37B]

Tunze 9430dc skimmer
Sea Sweeps
Geo 818 carx
Mutiny Ozone reactor
Reef Breeder Photon 50's

 

[steveschuerger]

Lighting
Return pump
Wave pumps
Canister Filter
Testing equipment(mostly Hanna)

 

[revhtree]

Good lists going here!

 

[DJMCB35]

It’s probably been mentioned… but, you might want to start with a good hydrometer/salinity measuring device. Can’t start without it and you’ll use it literally hundreds of times.

 

[JoeyBagadonuts]

For me it’s:
Lights
MP40’s
Return pump
Skimmer
Doser or ATO. It’s a toss up between these two. Either one could be #5. At one point I did them both manually. But never, ever, ever again…

 

[revhtree]

BUMP!

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Light
Skimmer
Auto Top Off
Turkey Baster for feeding my tank
Return Pump