I have always done planted tanks for the past 3 years of my adult aquarium interests: high tech, low tech, paladarium. I managed to stay away from saltwater all this time due to my impression it was a lot of work and cost, but I finally took the leap and went for a small nano setup.
I found someone with an established system (to save on cycling time) which was awesome because I could immediately add the livestock I wanted to and make it the way I see fit.
I added a aqualife skimmer and took a hob breeder box and converted to a refugium with a finnex planted+ Clip on light. I took the hood off and upgraded to a used radion xr30 gen 2 pro.
Over the last couple of months I found pieces of coral that I really liked and filled my tank up...I'm slowly running out of room!
Just yesterday I went to a frag swap and added a couple more frags including my first sps. "ORA red planet."
I found someone with an established system (to save on cycling time) which was awesome because I could immediately add the livestock I wanted to and make it the way I see fit.
I added a aqualife skimmer and took a hob breeder box and converted to a refugium with a finnex planted+ Clip on light. I took the hood off and upgraded to a used radion xr30 gen 2 pro.
Over the last couple of months I found pieces of coral that I really liked and filled my tank up...I'm slowly running out of room!
Just yesterday I went to a frag swap and added a couple more frags including my first sps. "ORA red planet."