scubatan
New Member
Hi all,
After a couple years of deep contemplation and envy of my brother-in-laws 120g tank and a couple scuba trips - I've decided it's time to get into the hobby.
My goal is to have a mixed reef tank starting with a few fish & CUC, then add softies, lps and down the road when things are stable, a few SPS.
Where I live there is a very small market for used equipment, but I will be spending the next month or so browsing as I'm not in a huge rush.
Equipment:
Waterbox 20g AIO
Stock return pump
Eheim 75 watt heater (20" long and tank height is 17.7", but lots of other builds have used it so I assume it fits vertically in the rear chamber)
Heater Controller (is this necessary? inkbird?)
Tunze Osmolator Nano 3152 Auto Top Off (Appreciate any cheaper alternatives - this seems to be a highly recommended one)
AI Prime 16HD x1
Aquatic Life RO Buddie 4 Stage RO with Color Changing Mixed Bed Dionization Cartridge, 50-Gallon
Tripp Lite 6 Outlet power strip
Magnet cleaner
Caribsea Fiji Pink Live (10 or 20lb?)
Marco dry Rock - 20 lb
RedSea Reef Pro Salt
Livestock: Likely 2 clowns, goby/pistol pair, then either a royal gramma/firefish/cardinal/possum wrasse/blenny (any suggestion here for 4th fish??)
CUC: Any suggestions on which crabs/snails to get and approx how many?
Corals: zoas, mushroom, leather, hammer, duncan (appreciate any recommendations) and eventually some monti & acropora
Filtration: Any recs? I've seen some nanos from nothing but a filter sock and then weekly water changes.
Marine Pure Spheres?
Chemi Pure blue?
Carbon?
Water Testing: (Appreciate any suggestions/recommendations here)
Refractometer
API Ammonia test kit
Salifert Alkalinity
Redsea Calc, Mag, Nitrate.
Appreciate any critique of these items and suggestions for everything. I'm hoping to get up and running in the next 1-2 months!
After a couple years of deep contemplation and envy of my brother-in-laws 120g tank and a couple scuba trips - I've decided it's time to get into the hobby.
My goal is to have a mixed reef tank starting with a few fish & CUC, then add softies, lps and down the road when things are stable, a few SPS.
Where I live there is a very small market for used equipment, but I will be spending the next month or so browsing as I'm not in a huge rush.
Equipment:
Waterbox 20g AIO
Stock return pump
Eheim 75 watt heater (20" long and tank height is 17.7", but lots of other builds have used it so I assume it fits vertically in the rear chamber)
Heater Controller (is this necessary? inkbird?)
Tunze Osmolator Nano 3152 Auto Top Off (Appreciate any cheaper alternatives - this seems to be a highly recommended one)
AI Prime 16HD x1
Aquatic Life RO Buddie 4 Stage RO with Color Changing Mixed Bed Dionization Cartridge, 50-Gallon
Tripp Lite 6 Outlet power strip
Magnet cleaner
Caribsea Fiji Pink Live (10 or 20lb?)
Marco dry Rock - 20 lb
RedSea Reef Pro Salt
Livestock: Likely 2 clowns, goby/pistol pair, then either a royal gramma/firefish/cardinal/possum wrasse/blenny (any suggestion here for 4th fish??)
CUC: Any suggestions on which crabs/snails to get and approx how many?
Corals: zoas, mushroom, leather, hammer, duncan (appreciate any recommendations) and eventually some monti & acropora
Filtration: Any recs? I've seen some nanos from nothing but a filter sock and then weekly water changes.
Marine Pure Spheres?
Chemi Pure blue?
Carbon?
Water Testing: (Appreciate any suggestions/recommendations here)
Refractometer
API Ammonia test kit
Salifert Alkalinity
Redsea Calc, Mag, Nitrate.
Appreciate any critique of these items and suggestions for everything. I'm hoping to get up and running in the next 1-2 months!
