Hi guys!
I picked up the WB Reef 70.2 and the Peninsula Mini 25 on Blue Friday (WB HD lights included). This is my first ever reef tank so please feel free to blow my plan apart lol. I have a lot of questions but I'll start with my plan and we can build up from there. I'm hoping to pick up most of my supplies during the Black Friday sales so I'm trying to hone in on what I need. This is going to be a slow build process, but that's ok. I travel fairly frequently for upwards of two weeks at a time, so the tanks need to be able to run autonomously.
Basic Plan
I'd like to tie them together into a common sump with a separate refugium. I'm planning on going with dry rock for both tanks but am still undecided on live sand. I want to minimize any hitchhikers. Any recommendations on dry rock brands or sand?
Common Sump
- Reef Octopus Protein Skimmer (size?)
- UV (size?/brand?)
- BRS 5 stage RODI 150 or 200 GPD w/TDS Monitor
- Calcium reactor (brand? size?) w/ Two Little Fish's media
- either Seachem Matrix or MarinePure plates/balls/blocks
- reef-pi controller
- AWC (brand?)
- ATO (redundant with the AWC?)
- Mixing Station
- Salt (brand?)
Refugium
- Algaebarn Ultimate Refugium Start Kit
- I have some spare 10-20 gallon tanks laying around that I could drill out for an overflow
- Return pump (size? brand?)
- Light
Reef 70.2
Mixed Reef Tank
- WB HD Light
- Powerheads (size? brand?)
- Wavemaker (size? brand?)
- Return pump (size? brand?) (QUIET is key. I've heard that SICCE are loud)
- Automatic feeder (brand?)
- Lid
Livestock
- CUC (any recommendations?)
Coral
- Toadstool
- Birdsnest
- Shrooms
- Leather
- Something that plates
- Frogspawn
- Torch
- Hammer
Peninsula Mini 25
Nem Tank
- Comes with the WB AI Prime 16HD Reef Light
- Powerheads (size? brand? nem guard?)
- Wavemaker (size? brand?)
- How am I going to tie this in? I really don't want to drill it. I could get a HOB overflow (any recommendations? size?)
- Return pump (size? brand?)
- Automatic feeder (brand?)
- Lid
Livestock
- CUC (any recommendations?)
- 2 (3?) clowns
- Rose tip or rainbow bubble nems
Coral
- Will anything survive in a nem tank?
Help me decide which tank to put the following livestock (this is just a wish list and some will have to be nixed) (in order of preference):
- Green and Ruby Red Mandarin
- Wrasse (Any recommendations on type? I love them all lol.)
- Midas Blenny
- Bicolor Blenny
- Anthias (Recommendations on type?)
- Watchman Goby and Pistol Shrimp
- Royal Gamma Basslet
- Flame Hawkfish
- Firefish
- Flame Angelfish
- Coral Beauty (maybe)
- Dottyback
- Damselfish
- Green Chromis
- Shrimp?
- Eel???
- Any other recommendations for what would work in the nem tank?
Thank you for your help! This is going to be a long awesome journey!
I picked up the WB Reef 70.2 and the Peninsula Mini 25 on Blue Friday (WB HD lights included). This is my first ever reef tank so please feel free to blow my plan apart lol. I have a lot of questions but I'll start with my plan and we can build up from there. I'm hoping to pick up most of my supplies during the Black Friday sales so I'm trying to hone in on what I need. This is going to be a slow build process, but that's ok. I travel fairly frequently for upwards of two weeks at a time, so the tanks need to be able to run autonomously.
Basic Plan
I'd like to tie them together into a common sump with a separate refugium. I'm planning on going with dry rock for both tanks but am still undecided on live sand. I want to minimize any hitchhikers. Any recommendations on dry rock brands or sand?
Common Sump
- Reef Octopus Protein Skimmer (size?)
- UV (size?/brand?)
- BRS 5 stage RODI 150 or 200 GPD w/TDS Monitor
- Calcium reactor (brand? size?) w/ Two Little Fish's media
- either Seachem Matrix or MarinePure plates/balls/blocks
- reef-pi controller
- AWC (brand?)
- ATO (redundant with the AWC?)
- Mixing Station
- Salt (brand?)
Refugium
- Algaebarn Ultimate Refugium Start Kit
- I have some spare 10-20 gallon tanks laying around that I could drill out for an overflow
- Return pump (size? brand?)
- Light
Reef 70.2
Mixed Reef Tank
- WB HD Light
- Powerheads (size? brand?)
- Wavemaker (size? brand?)
- Return pump (size? brand?) (QUIET is key. I've heard that SICCE are loud)
- Automatic feeder (brand?)
- Lid
Livestock
- CUC (any recommendations?)
Coral
- Toadstool
- Birdsnest
- Shrooms
- Leather
- Something that plates
- Frogspawn
- Torch
- Hammer
Peninsula Mini 25
Nem Tank
- Comes with the WB AI Prime 16HD Reef Light
- Powerheads (size? brand? nem guard?)
- Wavemaker (size? brand?)
- How am I going to tie this in? I really don't want to drill it. I could get a HOB overflow (any recommendations? size?)
- Return pump (size? brand?)
- Automatic feeder (brand?)
- Lid
Livestock
- CUC (any recommendations?)
- 2 (3?) clowns
- Rose tip or rainbow bubble nems
Coral
- Will anything survive in a nem tank?
Help me decide which tank to put the following livestock (this is just a wish list and some will have to be nixed) (in order of preference):
- Green and Ruby Red Mandarin
- Wrasse (Any recommendations on type? I love them all lol.)
- Midas Blenny
- Bicolor Blenny
- Anthias (Recommendations on type?)
- Watchman Goby and Pistol Shrimp
- Royal Gamma Basslet
- Flame Hawkfish
- Firefish
- Flame Angelfish
- Coral Beauty (maybe)
- Dottyback
- Damselfish
- Green Chromis
- Shrimp?
- Eel???
- Any other recommendations for what would work in the nem tank?
Thank you for your help! This is going to be a long awesome journey!
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