Hi everyone! I'm starting my 1st foray into saltwater and I hear this is the place to document the journey.
I will try to add to this as I go, as I plan to refer back to this as a historical record:
Current Equipment
Display Tank: Fluval Flex Sea 32.5 gal
Heater: Fluval M150
Lights: Fluval Marine 3.0 (included with tank - will upgrade down the road if needed)
Filtration: Fluval pump (included with tank), InTank media baskets (2)
Filter Media: filter floss, Seachem Purigen, MarinePure 1.5" biospheres
Jebao SCP WiFi wave maker with controller (SCP-70M)
Quarantine Tank: Aqueon 10 gal rimless
Heather: Fluval M50
Lights: none currently
Filtration: Fluval HOB filter
Filter Media: sponge and biomedia included w/ filter (removed carbon)
Other
Salt: Tropic Marin Classic
Substrate: Tropic Eden tonga special pink on top of CaribSea Arag-alive Fiji pink
Rock: CaribSea LifeRock (20 lbs) & LifeRock 21" shelf (created ledge out of this with E-Marco 400 purple mortar)
AquaticHI Refractometer
Capetsma LCD aquarium thermometer (LOVE this thing)
Two Little Fishies MagFeeder magnetic feeding ring
Hygger 360 gph electric gravel cleaner (UPDATE: pump works great, but the tubing that came with this is AWFUL - sprung a leak while filling my tank!)
Hygger Smart ATO (haven't installed this yet)
Planned Fish & Inverts to Start (not all at once - starting with just clowns & CUC)
2 Clownfish (Sustainable Aquatics "frozen frostbite" bonded pair)
1 Yellow Watchman Goby + 1 Pistol Shrimp
1 Orchid Dottyback
CUC: Trochus snails, Bumblebee snails (for my son), maybe a couple cleaner shrimp, DEFINITELY an urchin later on (and yes, it must wear hats!)
Rainbow BTA (from a local reefer who has one that keeps splitting like crazy)
Possible Fish for Later:
* Flame Hawkfish
* Blue Spot Jawfish
* Lemon Peel Angelfish or Bi-color Angelfish
* Green Spotted Mandarin Dragonet
Corals
None yet... but I like:
* Galaxy Coral (Galaxea fascicularis) (The Reef Farm)
* Scroll Coral (Turbinaria reniformis)
* Purple & Green Finger Leather (Sinularia mollis)
* Finger Leather (Sinularia polydactyla)
* Pulsing "Pom Pom" Xenia (Xenia sp.)
* "Hulk" Lepto (Leptoseris foliosa)
* "Splatter" Frogspawn (Fimbriaphyllia paradivisa)
* "Frammer" (Fimbriaphyllia paranchora/paradivisa)
* Green Hairy Mushroom (Rhodactis indosinensis)
* Weeping Willow Toadstool *Sarcophyton sp.)
* Encrusting Gorgonian (Erythropodium caribaeorum)
* Indo Green Torch (Euphyllia glabrescens)
* German Blue Digi
* "Fruity Pebbles" Discosoma Mushroom (Tidal Gardens)
* Koji Wada Pink Nepthea (Tidal Gardens)
That's it for now - will update as things progress!
I will try to add to this as I go, as I plan to refer back to this as a historical record:
Current Equipment
Display Tank: Fluval Flex Sea 32.5 gal
Heater: Fluval M150
Lights: Fluval Marine 3.0 (included with tank - will upgrade down the road if needed)
Filtration: Fluval pump (included with tank), InTank media baskets (2)
Filter Media: filter floss, Seachem Purigen, MarinePure 1.5" biospheres
Jebao SCP WiFi wave maker with controller (SCP-70M)
Quarantine Tank: Aqueon 10 gal rimless
Heather: Fluval M50
Lights: none currently
Filtration: Fluval HOB filter
Filter Media: sponge and biomedia included w/ filter (removed carbon)
Other
Salt: Tropic Marin Classic
Substrate: Tropic Eden tonga special pink on top of CaribSea Arag-alive Fiji pink
Rock: CaribSea LifeRock (20 lbs) & LifeRock 21" shelf (created ledge out of this with E-Marco 400 purple mortar)
AquaticHI Refractometer
Capetsma LCD aquarium thermometer (LOVE this thing)
Two Little Fishies MagFeeder magnetic feeding ring
Hygger 360 gph electric gravel cleaner (UPDATE: pump works great, but the tubing that came with this is AWFUL - sprung a leak while filling my tank!)
Hygger Smart ATO (haven't installed this yet)
Planned Fish & Inverts to Start (not all at once - starting with just clowns & CUC)
2 Clownfish (Sustainable Aquatics "frozen frostbite" bonded pair)
1 Yellow Watchman Goby + 1 Pistol Shrimp
1 Orchid Dottyback
CUC: Trochus snails, Bumblebee snails (for my son), maybe a couple cleaner shrimp, DEFINITELY an urchin later on (and yes, it must wear hats!)
Rainbow BTA (from a local reefer who has one that keeps splitting like crazy)
Possible Fish for Later:
* Flame Hawkfish
* Blue Spot Jawfish
* Lemon Peel Angelfish or Bi-color Angelfish
* Green Spotted Mandarin Dragonet
Corals
None yet... but I like:
* Galaxy Coral (Galaxea fascicularis) (The Reef Farm)
* Scroll Coral (Turbinaria reniformis)
* Purple & Green Finger Leather (Sinularia mollis)
* Finger Leather (Sinularia polydactyla)
* Pulsing "Pom Pom" Xenia (Xenia sp.)
* "Hulk" Lepto (Leptoseris foliosa)
* "Splatter" Frogspawn (Fimbriaphyllia paradivisa)
* "Frammer" (Fimbriaphyllia paranchora/paradivisa)
* Green Hairy Mushroom (Rhodactis indosinensis)
* Weeping Willow Toadstool *Sarcophyton sp.)
* Encrusting Gorgonian (Erythropodium caribaeorum)
* Indo Green Torch (Euphyllia glabrescens)
* German Blue Digi
* "Fruity Pebbles" Discosoma Mushroom (Tidal Gardens)
* Koji Wada Pink Nepthea (Tidal Gardens)
That's it for now - will update as things progress!
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