Corals
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stuart127127
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I have a 10 gallon tank a 100w heater set to 26c small filter that came with the tank has a carbon filter also my ppt on salt is set to 1.025 for the coral.
tmccaff
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to get accurate results I would suggest as well to get a ATI ICP Test analysis.
Needed for sure:
Light of course depends on what you want to keep.
RO/DI System to make pure water
Salt Mix -- which one? Depends on what params you want to achieve. I use Red Sea Blue bucket because I want my Alk at 8DKH
Refractometer
Flow - Power Heads 2 at least
Skimmer get one double your tank
Sump - optional but good to hide equipment
Heater - 2 for big tanks so you can use 2 small ones instead of one big one
Controller - Optional but really good investment
Live Rock
Test kits - Alk, Calcium, Magnesium, Nitrate, Phospahtes
Needed for sure:
Light of course depends on what you want to keep.
RO/DI System to make pure water
Salt Mix -- which one? Depends on what params you want to achieve. I use Red Sea Blue bucket because I want my Alk at 8DKH
Refractometer
Flow - Power Heads 2 at least
Skimmer get one double your tank
Sump - optional but good to hide equipment
Heater - 2 for big tanks so you can use 2 small ones instead of one big one
Controller - Optional but really good investment
Live Rock
Test kits - Alk, Calcium, Magnesium, Nitrate, Phospahtes
Formulator
Valuable Member
I just want to quickly say that none of us are trying to be judgmental and we really do want to help. Many of us have been doing this a while and were in your shoes at one time (though hopefully most of us learned some of these things BEFORE buying a tank and filling it with livestock). When we see posts like this, it is just hard not to cringe because we know you are in a bit over your head. But these posts are also more common than you would think…so you are not alone!
Do some research, don’t spend any more money except on the test kits maybe. Once you have a basic understanding of the fundamentals, you can decide whether you want to and can afford to continue. I’m not trying to financially gatekeep, but I’m guessing you probably need to invest at least another $300-500 on some basic essentials to be successful with keeping corals and you were concerned with the price of test kits, so just deducing here…
Do some research, don’t spend any more money except on the test kits maybe. Once you have a basic understanding of the fundamentals, you can decide whether you want to and can afford to continue. I’m not trying to financially gatekeep, but I’m guessing you probably need to invest at least another $300-500 on some basic essentials to be successful with keeping corals and you were concerned with the price of test kits, so just deducing here…
stuart127127
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stuart127127
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stuart127127
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Copper is really high I haven’t put any copper additive.
tmccaff
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You don't need a filter for saltwater as well. Your filter is live rock if you have enough. The rule used to be 2lbs per gallon, I am not sure if that changed. For a small tank probably though need 20lbs of Live rock. You don't need all live of course as eventually all will.
WalkerLovesTheOcean
I love acans
What light is that?
stuart127127
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It is a coral view reef light.
slingfox
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Are those fake mushrooms on the left side of the tank? Is so, those need to be removed. You should avoid putting in any fake, painted, plastic or metal decorations since those will degrade in saltwater and risk releasing toxins.
VintageReefer
10K Club member
You have nothing in the tank that will eat this. The product is not neededI get 5 gallon jugs from a reef shop. No I do not have any of those items I wanted to start small. Like we did with the fresh water tank. Then we had baby’s so I got a 55gal tank for everyone. Thought I could use the 10 to try reefing and now I worried I really do not like killing anything so I do my best but it looks like I need more gear for this I have the test coming in. Hopefully they can hold on until then. I will go to the shop tomorrow and see what they say. This is all the food I have been giving them.
They need proper light and flow and possibly meaty foods
WalkerLovesTheOcean
I love acans
Good point brought up by @Formulator. We all started as a begginer, so we understand. But I think you're moving things way too fast. People have successful tanks because they have patience. Having patience is one of the main reasons people are able to keep thriving tanks, IMO. You need to slow way, way down, and do your research. Wait a while before you try coral again. If the corals still have a chance (which I can't really tell from the photos), I'd bring them back to wherever you bought them. I hate to break it to you, but there's no chance they're surviving in your tank, unfortunately. There are lots of articles and posts here on Reef2reef, that are great for begginers. Read them. You seem like a nice guy who is intrigued by this beautiful hobby. You have the potential to have a great tank in the future. TL;DR, DO YOUR RESEARCH.
tmccaff
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not too familiar with that light. You probably could only grow softies though. Softies don't need much light.
