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Reef2Reef is a recent discovery, I wish I had this when I reefed several years ago. Previously I lived in Dallas/Fort Worth Texas and had evolved up to a CAD Lights 68 Gallon Versa Series Aquarium that I had to let go due to a work relocation to the Greater Detroit Michigan area (side note, I would NOT recommend that brand). I tried to stay away. I fought it for a year and half. And then I went on a cruise where I went scuba diving for the first time ever and I realized how much I missed the biodiversity of the ocean. Fast forward a couple months later and rather than go big kahuna right away I decided to get a smaller tank that I could convert to a quarantine tank once I get what I really want (Red Sea 350 or XL 425). Enter my humble restart that is designed to be cost conscious while also incorporating some components that I hope to move to my larger tank when I purchase and set that bad boy up. I hope to share some of my learning over the years and want to thank everyone who has a build thread as I received a lot of inspiration there. Let's start with the lists!
Equipment List:
Tank: Innovative Marine Nuvo Fusion 20 Gallon w/Double Spinstreams
Cabinet: Ikea Sektion Base Cabinets w/MDF Custom Top
Light: (Undecided which to use) 1) Hipargero 30W LED OR 2) Kessil a360X Refugium Light (Please help me decide based upon my reasoning and thread here - Kessil Refuge Light vs Hipargero )
Rock: 20lbs. MarcoRocks Reef Saver Aquarium Dry Live Rock
Sand: Caribsea Aragalive Special Grade Reef Sand
Skimmer: Innovative Marine Desktop Nuvoskim (DC)
Monitoring: Neptune ApexEL BRS Special Edition
Power: TP-Link Kasa Wifi Smart Power Strip (6 Ports + 3 USB)
Heater: Eheim Jager 75w
ATO: AutoAqua Smart ATO Micro
Flow: Undecided - Most likely either the IM Aqua Gadget Desktop OR the Tunze Nano Stream 6025; happy to get input (budget 100 or less ideally)
RO/DI: BRS 5 Stage Premium Plus System
UV: Undecided, might add on in the future but would rather wait for the bigger tank...
Livestock:
Ocellaris Clownfish x2
Eventually...
Form of Wrase
Blenny (most likely Lawnmower)
Who knows what else...
Primarily Softies and maybe some LPS for this tank, again, undecided on all options for this at the moment.
Additional posts coming below for pictures and the beginning of the building process!
Equipment List:
Tank: Innovative Marine Nuvo Fusion 20 Gallon w/Double Spinstreams
Cabinet: Ikea Sektion Base Cabinets w/MDF Custom Top
Light: (Undecided which to use) 1) Hipargero 30W LED OR 2) Kessil a360X Refugium Light (Please help me decide based upon my reasoning and thread here - Kessil Refuge Light vs Hipargero )
Rock: 20lbs. MarcoRocks Reef Saver Aquarium Dry Live Rock
Sand: Caribsea Aragalive Special Grade Reef Sand
Skimmer: Innovative Marine Desktop Nuvoskim (DC)
Monitoring: Neptune ApexEL BRS Special Edition
Power: TP-Link Kasa Wifi Smart Power Strip (6 Ports + 3 USB)
Heater: Eheim Jager 75w
ATO: AutoAqua Smart ATO Micro
Flow: Undecided - Most likely either the IM Aqua Gadget Desktop OR the Tunze Nano Stream 6025; happy to get input (budget 100 or less ideally)
RO/DI: BRS 5 Stage Premium Plus System
UV: Undecided, might add on in the future but would rather wait for the bigger tank...
Livestock:
Ocellaris Clownfish x2
Eventually...
Form of Wrase
Blenny (most likely Lawnmower)
Who knows what else...
Primarily Softies and maybe some LPS for this tank, again, undecided on all options for this at the moment.
Additional posts coming below for pictures and the beginning of the building process!