Welcome to my build thread. As my basement gets a remodel I am building an equipment list for my first reef tank that will call it home.
The goal of this thread is to tap into the knowledge and experience of this community to get me headed in the right direction, hopefully I can get some insight into such things as proper lighting so that I don’t have to continually upgrade and waste money and time.
The first item on the list is the aquarium. I definitely want to go with an AIO Cube or near Cube. I love the island-like aquascapes that can be designed with a square footprint.
I am thinking about something between 35 and 50 gallons. The only two I have found is the Waterbox Marine AIO 35 and the IM Fusion Pro 40 AIO.
Red Sea is a bit out of my price range and has a lot of gadgets that I am not yet ready to utilize considering my lack of experience.
Does anyone know of any other quality tanks that match my desire of 35-50g. I’ve yet to find anything near 50g with a AIO cube layout.
The other piece of equipment I am currently researching right now is the light. I need something that will allow me to grow SPS in the top 1/3 of the tank as well as LPS down low. Any ideas? Would the lights that come with the Waterbox and IM tanks work for that?
The goal of this thread is to tap into the knowledge and experience of this community to get me headed in the right direction, hopefully I can get some insight into such things as proper lighting so that I don’t have to continually upgrade and waste money and time.
The first item on the list is the aquarium. I definitely want to go with an AIO Cube or near Cube. I love the island-like aquascapes that can be designed with a square footprint.
I am thinking about something between 35 and 50 gallons. The only two I have found is the Waterbox Marine AIO 35 and the IM Fusion Pro 40 AIO.
Red Sea is a bit out of my price range and has a lot of gadgets that I am not yet ready to utilize considering my lack of experience.
Does anyone know of any other quality tanks that match my desire of 35-50g. I’ve yet to find anything near 50g with a AIO cube layout.
The other piece of equipment I am currently researching right now is the light. I need something that will allow me to grow SPS in the top 1/3 of the tank as well as LPS down low. Any ideas? Would the lights that come with the Waterbox and IM tanks work for that?