20 long questions

[NoahLikesFish]

There’s tons of different stuff they cover you know that right?

Yeah it focuses more on ulns though I watched about half of it A few months ago

 

[Jamesrup0411]

I’m not doing a ulns with dry rock I watched some of it and I don’t like it, id rather just have like 1 documentary or a couple documentaries or something not like something which is in my opinion mainly promotional. I would recommend it to someone who is doing a ulns though

You must be watching the wrong thing buddy

 

[NoahLikesFish]

You must be watching the wrong thing buddy

What? From what I remember they talked on and on about tons of dosing and dry rock and stuff that I am not planning to do

 

[NoahLikesFish]

I wish a completely unbiased hobbyist would doccument their journey through a tank and talk from their perspective and not be bribed by big companies who give them free coral

 

[NashobaTek]

Do you get a large microfauna population in it?

Yes I have a very large population

 

[Tamberav]

Is petco worthwhile to get like starter fish and frags b/c it’s close. We have a specialist petco I think

Depends on the petco. Some are ok and others are run the heck away...

 

[dhnguyen]

Ok I have my list here now that it’s revised 438$

I am not sure that UFO LED grow light you picked is a good idea. It's a grow light which means the light spectrum are geared more to growing plants and not corals. In any case I would be willing to bet that it will grow algae very well in your tank as well

This light would be good for a refugium but not so much for the main display tank.

You need something like these

 

[Jamesrup0411]

What? From what I remember they talked on and on about tons of dosing and dry rock and stuff that I am not planning to do

Well don’t discourage the education on dosing as you have inquired about dosing already. They cover everything about setting up tank, parameters, equipment and everything to set you up for success and more

 

[NoahLikesFish]

Can I watch saltwateraquarium’s video series he sounds good. Do I just skip the hard coral stuff for now?

 

[NoahLikesFish]

I am not sure that UFO LED grow light you picked is a good idea. It's a grow light which means the light spectrum are geared more to growing plants and not corals. In any case I would be willing to bet that it will grow algae very well in your tank as well

This light would be good for a refugium but not so much for the main display tank.

You need something like these

It’s going to be for culturing phyto

 

[Tamberav]

I know, I would just place the nem there and see if it grows. If it dosent then that’s okay

Nems have a foot and can walk around

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

I’m not doing a ulns with dry rock I watched some of it and I don’t like it, id rather just have like 1 documentary or a couple documentaries or something not like something which is in my opinion mainly promotional. I would recommend it to someone who is doing a ulns though

The baseline knowledge in that series covers 95% of your questions. Don't be too quick to disregard good info because it isn't EXACTLY your setup. Very very little if that is ulns specific.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

I wish a completely unbiased hobbyist would doccument their journey through a tank and talk from their perspective and not be bribed by big companies who give them free coral

Ok honesty time bud. You had about 50 individual unpaid unsponsored hobbyists trying to give you GOOD tailormade information yesterday and you completely disregarded about everything.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Can I watch saltwateraquarium’s video series he sounds good. Do I just skip the hard coral stuff for now?

You know hes sponsored by saltwater aquariums.com right

 

[dedragon]

Here’s what I got I will prob get like a kit for calc alk mag and then a ph test

Ok went through his stuff, i think the hydrometer should be replaced with a refractometer as swing arm hydrometers are notorious for being innacurate. All for reef is easy to add but need to monitor calcium and alk and hasnt been around for awhile due to shortages and the pandemic, anyone know a good 1 solution alternative?

 

[dedragon]

there are amazingly thorough threads detailing some tank builds on the forum

 

[NoahLikesFish]

I’m on episode 4 now

 

[NoahLikesFish]

I will calibrate my swing arm. I’ve heard multiple people say it works

 

[dedragon]

how will you calibrate the swing arm?

 

[NoahLikesFish]

You know hes sponsored by saltwater aquariums.com right

He isn’t like talking about many brands he just names products and dosent like kinda push it onto the video