mu_2176
New Member
Hi All!
Great to be part of another online reef community!
Thought i'd introduce myself first, My names Jonathan (jono) I'm 15 and currently residing in Sydney Australia. I've recently decided to take the plunge and setup a saltwater tank after years of keeping FW tanks, mainly kept and still do, Eartheaters and other amazonian fish species..
I toyed around with the possibility of setting up a reef tank a few years back, that idea was scraped due to insufficient funds! 1 year later, i decide to start saving up in belief a cheap good starter may appear in my local marine classified. Fast forward 1 year later, after missing several Set up's my mate Tells me he'll get rid of his 21gal setup dirt cheap for me!
So hopefully i should be getting it sometime this week!
Fits perfectly in my tight budget and comes with alotta goodies, (deltec mce300 skimmer, 21gal all in one tank, tunze 6025 (mod), aqua one mg600 halide, jager heater)
Plan is to keep a healthy balanced Mix reef consisting of several species of SPS and LPS, Something visually appealing to both myself/family and guest..
But before that all happens I've got a few questions, if you fellas dont mind!
Basically wondering if anyone knew anything about the deltec mce300 skimmer mod? (removal of pump for maxijet1200).
Also how much turnover should i be roughly aiming for a mix reef tank? Would it be worthwhile investing in a Vortech Mp10?
With my current setup, i would roughly have around 5000-6500 l/h of flow.
Would love to also know if NSW would be a better option over ASW? i know nsw will vary with minerals and parameters etc, but currently NSW seems like a much cheaper alternative then ASW
But if i was to go ASW then what salt would be the best? i heard Deltec's DD h20cean was one or if not the best currently on the market.
Oh yea and what test kit should i look at getting? Does anyone have any cheap hanna checkers?
I know i shouldn't be thinking about it yet, though what addictives/trace elements/chemicals should i be looking at for improved growth, colour in the corals and to keep parameters in tack
Also was pondering with the idea of getting rid of my halide setip and getting a LED unit, thoughts?
Oh and what Media should i be looking at for the sump?
cheers
jono
Great to be part of another online reef community!
Thought i'd introduce myself first, My names Jonathan (jono) I'm 15 and currently residing in Sydney Australia. I've recently decided to take the plunge and setup a saltwater tank after years of keeping FW tanks, mainly kept and still do, Eartheaters and other amazonian fish species..
I toyed around with the possibility of setting up a reef tank a few years back, that idea was scraped due to insufficient funds! 1 year later, i decide to start saving up in belief a cheap good starter may appear in my local marine classified. Fast forward 1 year later, after missing several Set up's my mate Tells me he'll get rid of his 21gal setup dirt cheap for me!
So hopefully i should be getting it sometime this week!
Fits perfectly in my tight budget and comes with alotta goodies, (deltec mce300 skimmer, 21gal all in one tank, tunze 6025 (mod), aqua one mg600 halide, jager heater)
Plan is to keep a healthy balanced Mix reef consisting of several species of SPS and LPS, Something visually appealing to both myself/family and guest..
But before that all happens I've got a few questions, if you fellas dont mind!
Basically wondering if anyone knew anything about the deltec mce300 skimmer mod? (removal of pump for maxijet1200).
Also how much turnover should i be roughly aiming for a mix reef tank? Would it be worthwhile investing in a Vortech Mp10?
With my current setup, i would roughly have around 5000-6500 l/h of flow.
Would love to also know if NSW would be a better option over ASW? i know nsw will vary with minerals and parameters etc, but currently NSW seems like a much cheaper alternative then ASW
But if i was to go ASW then what salt would be the best? i heard Deltec's DD h20cean was one or if not the best currently on the market.
Oh yea and what test kit should i look at getting? Does anyone have any cheap hanna checkers?
I know i shouldn't be thinking about it yet, though what addictives/trace elements/chemicals should i be looking at for improved growth, colour in the corals and to keep parameters in tack
Also was pondering with the idea of getting rid of my halide setip and getting a LED unit, thoughts?
Oh and what Media should i be looking at for the sump?
cheers
jono
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