Thought I'd do one of these also, just so I can go back and see it's progress over time. I used to keep a softy/lps 220 way back in the dinosaur days when your choice was dozens of florescent bulbs or metal halides...
The wifey decided we neded a tank now so here goes lol..
Bought an Aquatop 40gal AIO,
Came with a 30w 12k atintic/white led, and acquired another dirt cheap, 50 lbs of dry rock, and black Hawaiian live sand.. waiting on a custom stand from the cabinet shop ( she didn't like the factory stand). Then its time to start cycling...
Back in the day live rock was the only way to go, but with the availability of pods, mysis, corline, etc... I've decided to only add what I want with out the hitchhikers...
I guess my first question is that since the LFS thinks the single 30wt led is enough for softies, opinions on 2 of them being enough for lps would be welcome from the community...
The wifey decided we neded a tank now so here goes lol..
Bought an Aquatop 40gal AIO,
Came with a 30w 12k atintic/white led, and acquired another dirt cheap, 50 lbs of dry rock, and black Hawaiian live sand.. waiting on a custom stand from the cabinet shop ( she didn't like the factory stand). Then its time to start cycling...
Back in the day live rock was the only way to go, but with the availability of pods, mysis, corline, etc... I've decided to only add what I want with out the hitchhikers...
I guess my first question is that since the LFS thinks the single 30wt led is enough for softies, opinions on 2 of them being enough for lps would be welcome from the community...