18 Year Old Reefer

[Pzudnut]

Hello, my name is patrick zdunek, I would love to get into this hobby I plan on buying a Waterbox 10 gal with two clowns and some corals for them in brand new and need some help this past week in finals I have been watching videos reading forms and articles on what to do and how to do it. any tips on what I would need with this tank and corals and fish everything helps I will be doing more learning before I get this let me know what to do because I know I have to get my tank ready and want to get this done before college starts

 

[blaxsun]

Plan out everything you're going to need (including lights, sand, rock, etc.) and then look at a product like BIO-Spira to insta-cycle your tank.

 

[livinlifeinBKK]

Hello, my name is patrick zdunek, I would love to get into this hobby I plan on buying a Waterbox 10 gal with two clowns and some corals for them in brand new and need some help this past week in finals I have been watching videos reading forms and articles on what to do and how to do it. any tips on what I would need with this tank and corals and fish everything helps I will be doing more learning before I get this let me know what to do because I know I have to get my tank ready and want to get this done before college starts

If I were you I'd go for live ocean rock instead of dry rock...this is because live rock from the ocean hosts a much more diverse microbiome as well as contains much more biodiversity overall which is important for your tank to mature

 

[ScubaFish802]

If I were you I'd go for live ocean rock instead of dry rock

That can quickly ramp up complications for someone trying to learn the hobby in general
I would start by watching the BRS 52 weeks of reefing. They will walk through everything from tank set up, to running the system initially to a couple months in - here's episode 1 for example -

 

[Pzudnut]

got doing that right now thank you fellas!

 

[MoreReef]

Unique corals offers live ausie rock but it's a bit on the pricey side... I just added 3 pnds to my nano tanks.

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

Welcome Patrick. If U can get live rock, Mayb KP aquatics or another vendor in Florida it would benefit the system. Good luck w the build. A lot of advice here but research what u are looking to achieve and go slow.