First time help.

[wyojeeper]

As the titles says, first time setting up a salt water and need some help. After years of wanting to setup a reef tank i finally decided it was time, biocube 32 will be showing up this week and need some help on what else i need. Plan for the tank is mostly corals maybe a few fish/ cleaner crew. Looking for some advice on what skimmer/filtration ETC i should get.

 

[P-Dub]

I am not speaking from first-hand knowledge but from information gleaned elsewhere. Word is the Tunze 9001 skimmer is the skimmer to use or the Corallife nano and you might want additional media filtration via an in-tank media basket. Other than that, sounds like a solid system. Keep on top of cleaning off the acrylic from the coralline algae. DO NOT let it grow to any appreciable size as this will make removal exponentially more difficult and scratch the acrylic.

 

[wyojeeper]

Thanks for the reply. The tunze skimmer was on my short list of skimmers to look into. so much info on what works out there, but not to much on what works best for the tank.

 

[reef lover]

Welcome to r2r!!https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/the-supreme-guide-to-setting-up-a-saltwater-reef-aquarium.138750/

 

[hdsoftail1065]

Hi welcome to R2R! We have the same tank the stock lights were ok good for easy corals, mushrooms and our bta. But you will probably be looking for an upgrade on lights in the future for other corals. Just our experience. Running the coralife skimmer, not the greatest but seems to do ok for what it is. Running it and the heater in chamber 1. Rubble, chemi pure elite and cheato in the middle with a cheap light on the back which seems to do good. P Dub is right on cleaning the acrylic, it's easy to keep clean if you don't let it go. It's a good unit, I'm sure your going to love it.