Ever since I was a child I pretty much lived at the aquarium and thanks to pandemic I’ve been researching the hobby since September 2019 and have had a mentor to help me along my slew of questions (cc_reefkpr on Instagram, @Scubabum on R2R)! Back during the Black Friday sales, I decided to purchase the Red Sea Reefer 750 XXL v.3 along with other items listed below. Had some items returned along the way, but the list above is what I’ve settled on.
Equipment
For a while I’ve been thinking about doing a rock flower anemone dedicated tank…but I might be swayed into LPS if I find the right ones to go in there. My fish wishlist has already been researched and selected and this is what I’ve decided on below. My goal is to have one of each family, and to cover all colors (avoiding duplicates if possible):
Fish
Inverts
Anemones
Time to finish up my rock scape….
Equipment
- Tank: Red Sea Reefer 750 XXL
- Lights: 4 Ecotech Radion XR15 G5 Blues
- Powerheads: 2 Ecotech MP60s and 2 MP40s
- Return pumps: 2 Ecotech L2s w/2 Red Sea Reefer Ultimate Return Upgrade Kits
- Dosing Pumps: Red Sea ReefDose - 4 pumps
- Skimmer: Reef Octopus Regal 250INT
- Refugium Light: AI Prime Fuge
- Rock: Kona Reef Fauth artificial rock (similar to CaribSea, but not as heavy)
- Brains: TBD (waiting until needs of my tank before deciding)
- Heaters: Ink bird + 2 300W titanium BRS heaters
- Salt: Getting setup with Kent's Marine, but slowly switching over to Red Sea Blue Bucket
- Controller Board: TBD (waiting until needs of my tank before deciding)
- ATO: Tunze Osmolator
- RODI system: 7 Stage PRO Plus 150 GPD Water Saver RODI System
- RODI Reservoir: Innovative Marine 15 gallon Hydrofill
For a while I’ve been thinking about doing a rock flower anemone dedicated tank…but I might be swayed into LPS if I find the right ones to go in there. My fish wishlist has already been researched and selected and this is what I’ve decided on below. My goal is to have one of each family, and to cover all colors (avoiding duplicates if possible):
Fish
- Whitetail Bristletooth Tang
- Lyretail Anthias (2 female, 1 male)
- Orange Storm Ocellaris Clownfish (2 - bonded pair)
- Lawnmower Blenny
- One-Spot Foxface
- Salon Fairy Wrasse
- Blue Mandarin
- Royal Gramma Basslet
- Banggai Cardinalfish
- Firefish
- Long nose hawkfish (if small enough and won’t eat cleaner shrimp)
- Chalk Bass
Inverts
- Dwarf Cerith Snails
- Nassarius Vibex or Tongan Nassarius and Nassarius Vibes
- Florida Cerith or East African Cerith Snails
- Astrea Snails or Mexican Turbos and Astrea Snails
- Trochus Snails
- Tiger sand conch
- Cleaner Shrimp or Blood Red Fire Shrimp (medium to large)
- Spotted Porcelain Crab
- Tuxedo Urchin
Anemones
- Rock Flower Anemones
Time to finish up my rock scape….