I'm pretty new to reef tanks so this has definitly been a wild ride of research, doubting my life and budget, and trial and error with convincing the wife. But so far its been a blast. I originally had a 55g tank I used previously for freshwater. I started with just the tank and stand. Thinking that would help me spend less money I went into this rabiit hole of what to purchase.
I bought around 90lbs of ARC dry rock from ebay. 10lbs of live rock from GulfLiveRock. After what I felt like was an eternity of mixing salt and completly screwing up salinity over and over I finally nailed around 34ppt and went with it. November 24th was the first offical day of tank flowing with everything running.
Equipment on the DT:
55g Marine Land tank and 2 glass covers.
Carib-Sea Pink Fiji Sand
Red Sea Coral Pro Salt
Eshopps PF-800 Overflow (bought from a local)
Current USA Orbit Light with Mount Bracket
Two K7 V3s
Current USA eFlux Wave Pump
Equipment under DT:
Bashsea Biofuge 30-10-14
Eshopps PSK-75 Skimmer
Danner Model 5 Pump
CooSpider UV Filter
COB 150w Grow Light
Hygger 300w Heater
Hygger ATO with 5 gallon Home Depot Buck
Random Equipment:
Red Sea Marine Test Kit
Cora-Life PureFlo II RO System
UPETTOOLS Gravel Cleaner
I'm probably missing other stuff.
I'm currently just north of two thousand dollar invested in the entire tank. Wife pointed out I still do not have any fish, corals or inverts yet. >.> I'm moving slow but she wants to see fish swimming. She'll have to wait. It will probably be middle of next year before I even consider fish in the tank. I'm looking to start placing a CUC first week of January and then adding corals after that. I may just only have corals for the first year because after reading QT procedures for fish... I'm really budget tight and can't do a QT tank and now super paranoid about introducing anything bad to the tank. Thanks Disease forum.
Tank "may" be almost done cycling.
Any suggestions on the next phase of my tank, what to do next, tips, etc, I'm open to hear it all. Have a great day everyone!
I bought around 90lbs of ARC dry rock from ebay. 10lbs of live rock from GulfLiveRock. After what I felt like was an eternity of mixing salt and completly screwing up salinity over and over I finally nailed around 34ppt and went with it. November 24th was the first offical day of tank flowing with everything running.
Equipment on the DT:
55g Marine Land tank and 2 glass covers.
Carib-Sea Pink Fiji Sand
Red Sea Coral Pro Salt
Eshopps PF-800 Overflow (bought from a local)
Current USA Orbit Light with Mount Bracket
Two K7 V3s
Current USA eFlux Wave Pump
Equipment under DT:
Bashsea Biofuge 30-10-14
Eshopps PSK-75 Skimmer
Danner Model 5 Pump
CooSpider UV Filter
COB 150w Grow Light
Hygger 300w Heater
Hygger ATO with 5 gallon Home Depot Buck
Random Equipment:
Red Sea Marine Test Kit
Cora-Life PureFlo II RO System
UPETTOOLS Gravel Cleaner
I'm probably missing other stuff.
I'm currently just north of two thousand dollar invested in the entire tank. Wife pointed out I still do not have any fish, corals or inverts yet. >.> I'm moving slow but she wants to see fish swimming. She'll have to wait. It will probably be middle of next year before I even consider fish in the tank. I'm looking to start placing a CUC first week of January and then adding corals after that. I may just only have corals for the first year because after reading QT procedures for fish... I'm really budget tight and can't do a QT tank and now super paranoid about introducing anything bad to the tank. Thanks Disease forum.
Tank "may" be almost done cycling.
Any suggestions on the next phase of my tank, what to do next, tips, etc, I'm open to hear it all. Have a great day everyone!
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