looking to upgrade from a 20 gallon to a 90 gallon and was wondering if anyone knew of a good company to buy from that's relatively inexpensive or someone in southeast Florida in the west palm area or close to that, and has or knows of a reef ready 90-gallon tank. Also if I get a new tank what lights that are relatively inexpensive I could get for a 90-gallon mixed reef yes I will most likely have acros and euphlyia. also, what power head should I use. Also let me know if you guys disagree witht the tank size for what im doing.
Looking for 90 gallon tank used or new
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If inexpensive is your main adjective
Search Craigslist for someone getting out of the hobby
BTW, hope you realize that putting together a 90 with everything involved, equipment, lr, fish, coral is going to be a cool $2,000-$3,000 before you know it
Search Craigslist for someone getting out of the hobby
BTW, hope you realize that putting together a 90 with everything involved, equipment, lr, fish, coral is going to be a cool $2,000-$3,000 before you know it
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The most inexpensive 90 gallons will be the standard rimmed/framed 90 gallons from Aqueon, Marineland, Deep Blue. All 3 will make 'reef ready' setups, which means they will have a corner overflow the runs from the top to bottom of the tank with 1 hole for a drain and 1 hole for a return.
Should be in the range of a few hundred bucks. Talk to some fish stores and see what their prices are for those specific brands. If you let them talk you into a Red Sea reefer or similar, it will be way more expensive and actually less reliable.
For lights, you'll get lots of opinions. The most popular cheaper lights will be the 'black box' LED type lights, especially the brands Viparspectra and Marsaqua. 2 would cover your tank just fine, and they are powerful enough to grow anything. Another option would be to find a used 4-6 bulb T5 fixture that's in good shape.
For powerheads, there are tons of options. I always will recommend 2-3 units so you can aim and adjust flow.
On tank size, 90 gallon (48*18*24 high) is a great tank. Another to look at would be a standard 75, which is just a few inches less height, and a standard 120 which is 4*2*2.
Should be in the range of a few hundred bucks. Talk to some fish stores and see what their prices are for those specific brands. If you let them talk you into a Red Sea reefer or similar, it will be way more expensive and actually less reliable.
For lights, you'll get lots of opinions. The most popular cheaper lights will be the 'black box' LED type lights, especially the brands Viparspectra and Marsaqua. 2 would cover your tank just fine, and they are powerful enough to grow anything. Another option would be to find a used 4-6 bulb T5 fixture that's in good shape.
For powerheads, there are tons of options. I always will recommend 2-3 units so you can aim and adjust flow.
On tank size, 90 gallon (48*18*24 high) is a great tank. Another to look at would be a standard 75, which is just a few inches less height, and a standard 120 which is 4*2*2.
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Best and rimless and inexpensive are kind of contradictory.
Most popular medium sized rimless tanks are probably Red Sea, Waterbox, Innovative Marine, and some others. SCA would be someone I'd look into. ELOS tanks are really fancy.
SE Florida, with West Palm and Lauderdale and Miami, will be full of fish stores. Your best best would be to wander around a few stores and see what they carry and what their prices are.
Most popular medium sized rimless tanks are probably Red Sea, Waterbox, Innovative Marine, and some others. SCA would be someone I'd look into. ELOS tanks are really fancy.
SE Florida, with West Palm and Lauderdale and Miami, will be full of fish stores. Your best best would be to wander around a few stores and see what they carry and what their prices are.
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Hello. I have a 91 gallon Reef tank that may appeal to you. Only ran 5 Months. Has everything to set up. are you interested?
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Hello. The price I’m selling it for is $4300 and negotiable as I have 150lbs worth of live rock, return pump, protein skimmer body and head, AI Prime LED light and hard light mount, 2 fish: a 2” lyretail Anthias female and a 4” powder brown tang. I also have 2 boxes full of brand new un opened supplies I never got to use. How does this sound?
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If I were you: 75 gallon tank at Petco is on sale for $209.99. If you can find a Petco near you that has one in stock you can order online pick up in store and get 10% off. It’s not reef-ready but you can make it reef-ready by buying an external overflow and you drill a hole. The overflow comes with everything you need to drill a professional quality hole. Then you could buy a 4 foot light fixture on eBay With 4 T5 bulbs 2x10 K and 2x actinic blue for around $160. So you could probably have your tank with overflow and lights for under 500 bucks. Then you could buy sand at $20 for 40 lbs at Petsmart. Then you could buy a 200 gallon box of salt for 40 bucks at Chewy. I have all these links. Let me know if you’re interested.
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No worries man. Thank you for taking interest though. If you could give me a price range I could give you some tips on where to buy the certain tank you are looking for?
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Make sure it's not tempered glass before you buy and or drill. You can check with polarized sunglasses and an older LCD screen.
