Ok so way back in the day when i had plenty of money and no time i tried saltwater with a 125gal tank.FOWLR and was a total failure because i had no time to take care of it. To busy chasing girls,working,drinking. Had alot of fun but the cool SW tank suffered and went away.
Now that im older wiser, married, have plenty of free time and less money i want to start a tank again
Gonna be a slow build as the better wiser half has gave me a budget of $100 a month for the tank. Im ok with it as it will make it slow and hopefully done right this time as i learn and understand!
So here i am.
I have a new 40B and a new 10g for a sump. (PetCo sale)
Plan is to buy most of the equipment used. Ill need a new RO/DI unit though as that is probably one of the most important pieces of equipment for a successful new tank. The rest can be used if i can find it.
Once i collect up all the equipment i want to finally set it up with ONLY live rock about 50 lbs. Let the rock cure and cycle the tank. Oh and a sand bed.
After a water change or two during the rock curing stage ill start killing any aptasia i find. Set up a bristle worm trap and trap any other unwanted hitchhiker i can find and add a clean up crew.
After that the plan is to add copepods and let them get established and multiplying.
Next will be my most desired fish. Yes a Mandarin goby. Pretty boring and lame for some but i just love em
After that will probably be a Flame Angel. After these two fish i dunno probably not to many as i want to keep the bio load small.
So for equipment i want to start with the light first and im looking at this one.
http://www.fluvalaquatics.com/us/saltwater/aquarium-lighting/series/marine-and-reef-2/
It's affordable for me and from what i can tell it looks like it should support some low light corals.
Any better choices at this price point?
Next would be a return pump. From what i have read 250GPH is about right for a 40B?
Protein Skimmer will probably be a SC-301 new or better yet a good used one And finally for now what would be recommended circulation pumps inside the tank?
Thanks and i await you reply's !
Now that im older wiser, married, have plenty of free time and less money i want to start a tank again
Gonna be a slow build as the better wiser half has gave me a budget of $100 a month for the tank. Im ok with it as it will make it slow and hopefully done right this time as i learn and understand!So here i am.
I have a new 40B and a new 10g for a sump. (PetCo sale)
Plan is to buy most of the equipment used. Ill need a new RO/DI unit though as that is probably one of the most important pieces of equipment for a successful new tank. The rest can be used if i can find it.
Once i collect up all the equipment i want to finally set it up with ONLY live rock about 50 lbs. Let the rock cure and cycle the tank. Oh and a sand bed.
After a water change or two during the rock curing stage ill start killing any aptasia i find. Set up a bristle worm trap and trap any other unwanted hitchhiker i can find and add a clean up crew.
After that the plan is to add copepods and let them get established and multiplying.
Next will be my most desired fish. Yes a Mandarin goby. Pretty boring and lame for some but i just love em
After that will probably be a Flame Angel. After these two fish i dunno probably not to many as i want to keep the bio load small.
So for equipment i want to start with the light first and im looking at this one.
http://www.fluvalaquatics.com/us/saltwater/aquarium-lighting/series/marine-and-reef-2/
It's affordable for me and from what i can tell it looks like it should support some low light corals.
Any better choices at this price point?
Next would be a return pump. From what i have read 250GPH is about right for a 40B?
Protein Skimmer will probably be a SC-301 new or better yet a good used one And finally for now what would be recommended circulation pumps inside the tank?
Thanks and i await you reply's !
