Like most with so much time and not much to do lately, I got tired of watching tv after being on lockdown when work evacuated on March 11th due to multiple positive employees. Thankfully, if I got it, I survived it and have the ability to spend time on this as opposed to those less fortunate, and after a month of sitting at home, I started thinking about giving this hobby that I've always wanted to do, a second try. First attempt was 6-7 yrs ago when I first started this job I am currently at. That attempt failed pretty quickly as I was broke and did not have the resources or space in my apartment at the time to really take care of something like this.. especially a small 10G tank. I tried to start a reef in a 10G tank with no prior experience, and really no money for any of the bare minimum equipment. I did not have RODI, and didn't even try to get bottled water from the store. I just used tap water with dechlorinator in a bucket for a day before mixing and adding. Long story short.. that tank only lasted a few months until I put this hobby on hold for better financial times.
7 years later, here I am having just hastily purchased the tank I have always wanted, Red Sea Reefer 170, when I saw a sale on BRS this past weekend. Placed a few orders for all the equipment between BRS and MD. First boxes arrived today with the RODI unit. Still waiting on the rocks/sand/salt/equipment and tank.
Will update this thread as it gets set up and started, but figured I'd start the thread post with my first attempted tank in 2014. Frags were picked up from manhattan reefs frag swap. Tank only lasted about 5 months.
New tank equipment specs:
BRS 5 Stage RODI unit
reefer 170
reefled 90
reefwave 25
reef octopus Classic 110 space saver skimmer
syncra silent 3.0 return pump
BRS 200w titanium heater
Also ordered 40 lbs caribsea life rock, some small foundation reef saver dry rock and natural top rock (expecting more than enough left over to save for later), 20 lbs pink fiji live sand.
Plenty to keep me from getting bored for a while.
Pictures of failed 10G nano first attempt below.
7 years later, here I am having just hastily purchased the tank I have always wanted, Red Sea Reefer 170, when I saw a sale on BRS this past weekend. Placed a few orders for all the equipment between BRS and MD. First boxes arrived today with the RODI unit. Still waiting on the rocks/sand/salt/equipment and tank.
Will update this thread as it gets set up and started, but figured I'd start the thread post with my first attempted tank in 2014. Frags were picked up from manhattan reefs frag swap. Tank only lasted about 5 months.
New tank equipment specs:
BRS 5 Stage RODI unit
reefer 170
reefled 90
reefwave 25
reef octopus Classic 110 space saver skimmer
syncra silent 3.0 return pump
BRS 200w titanium heater
Also ordered 40 lbs caribsea life rock, some small foundation reef saver dry rock and natural top rock (expecting more than enough left over to save for later), 20 lbs pink fiji live sand.
Plenty to keep me from getting bored for a while.
Pictures of failed 10G nano first attempt below.
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