What equipment should I have.

Juliam0260 · Mar 14, 2015

I've got a 10 gallon fish tank that has a clown fish, a Fiji devil damselfish, and a lemon chromis and I've got some sort of polyp (I don't know what type), and some sort of hard coral. I'm hoping to make it a nano reef tank, and I'm wondering what equipment I need?

Thanks for any answers!

P.s. My filter is a penguin bio-wheel 100 and I've got 10 lbs of live rock.

hectat2 · Mar 14, 2015

U need light for the corals if is hard corals t5ho at least 4 bulbs or led

hectat2 · Mar 14, 2015

And a calcium magnesium and alkalinity test kit

GreatWhiteTang · Mar 14, 2015

While this is a? That should be asked before you have the livestock I'll chime in.

On a 10g ide say any 2 bulb or more t5 ho light, circulation devices, skimmer, test kits for magnesium calcium and alkalinity as well as nitrate, phosphate, ammonia (only cause it's a 10) and a refractometer for checking salinity!!! Some hydrometer can be very accurate measuring by buoyancy but you want something that's going to measure by density and can be calibrated every so often to ensure accuracy. And a system set up where you can top off water daily, any small evaporation can make the perameters fluctuate in smaller tanks. I would search for a slightly bigger tank used that comes with most of this stuff and start there as a 10 is very small and going to be slightly more difficult to keep if it is your first reef tank! Good luck