Alexoss
Active Member
Hi all, my name's Alex, french-born nerd living in Canada for 10 years, i've been a tank lover for almost 6 years now, started with tropicals (gouramis, plecos, etc...), then with planted tanks, then various cichlids tanks, breeding tanks, with a lot of success so far.
Went up to 8 tanks (120g, 2 x 90g, 45g, 3 x 20g and 16g), and now lowering that to 2 (90g tropical/planted, 90g haps cichlids) to give room and time to start my first reef tank.
Ordered a brand new Waterbox Marine X 60.2 (37g with 18.5g sump, should be delivered in 4 weeks or so) as it is important for me to learn reefing the good way with a sump instead of an AIO to prepare to the bigger project (5 feet reef tank in a year or two)
The gear i've ordered might be overkill for a 40g tank but i love the "long term" approch, so it goes like this :
- Bubble Magus Curve 5 Elite
- Jebao DCA6000 DC
- 1 x AI PRIME 16HD REEF (should i go with 2?)
- Eheim Jager 250w with Inkbird ITC-308 controller
- 2 x Nero 3 powerheads
- IO Reef Crystals salt
- 2x 20lbs Caribsea Arag-alive Special Grade Reef Sable
- base rocks
- aquacultured artificial rocks from J&L Aquatics to seed the base rock
That'll be the starting point, i'll upgrade with ATO or dosers if needed later.
I'm going for a fishless cycle (of course) and will add fish once it's safe (a sturdy clown pair and a tang probably for algae control, then cleaning crew), i'll then probably wait a few more weeks for the tank to stabilise before going with coral frags (i plan on buying from Fragbox.ca, reviews are really good about them)
I might add chaeto in the sump to help with the nitrates building along the way.
So that's pretty much it, i'll surely encounter many situations, so expect questions from me if i don't find a valid answer by myself.
Can't wait to learn with you and get started !
Went up to 8 tanks (120g, 2 x 90g, 45g, 3 x 20g and 16g), and now lowering that to 2 (90g tropical/planted, 90g haps cichlids) to give room and time to start my first reef tank.
Ordered a brand new Waterbox Marine X 60.2 (37g with 18.5g sump, should be delivered in 4 weeks or so) as it is important for me to learn reefing the good way with a sump instead of an AIO to prepare to the bigger project (5 feet reef tank in a year or two)
The gear i've ordered might be overkill for a 40g tank but i love the "long term" approch, so it goes like this :
- Bubble Magus Curve 5 Elite
- Jebao DCA6000 DC
- 1 x AI PRIME 16HD REEF (should i go with 2?)
- Eheim Jager 250w with Inkbird ITC-308 controller
- 2 x Nero 3 powerheads
- IO Reef Crystals salt
- 2x 20lbs Caribsea Arag-alive Special Grade Reef Sable
- base rocks
- aquacultured artificial rocks from J&L Aquatics to seed the base rock
That'll be the starting point, i'll upgrade with ATO or dosers if needed later.
I'm going for a fishless cycle (of course) and will add fish once it's safe (a sturdy clown pair and a tang probably for algae control, then cleaning crew), i'll then probably wait a few more weeks for the tank to stabilise before going with coral frags (i plan on buying from Fragbox.ca, reviews are really good about them)
I might add chaeto in the sump to help with the nitrates building along the way.
So that's pretty much it, i'll surely encounter many situations, so expect questions from me if i don't find a valid answer by myself.
Can't wait to learn with you and get started !
