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New guy from northern Michigan here first time for setting up a salt water aquarium. We have decided to go with a 180-220 in the wall and arent really sure where to start for equipment or setup. We would like to do a reef tank with fish.

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Welcome Home, you will love it here!

Wow I cannot wait to see the finished product! Keep us posted with lots of photos! :)
 
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Welcome to R2R :) looks like it's going to be a great future reef.
ihavecrabs said:
Hole in the wall before you knock out an equipment list.. bold move cotton!
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Let's see if it pays off
 
Welcome... Well I'm assuming you have a tank already and it looks like you have made a good start. You have a dedicated fish room (a reefers dream) that awesome. If it was me, I would figure out if I wanted to go live rock or base rock for my biological filtration. If you decide with base rock, I would get the rocks in and start curing it so by the time you are ready to put it in your tank they would have had time to build bacteria on it and it would give it time to leach out some of the phospates (which will help keep algae blooms to a minimum). If you decide LR, you will need to hold off on that until you get the tank running or if you have a holding bin for the LR, that will work. Other than that, I would start with the heart and viens of the tank (sump, return pump and plumbing).
 
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I picked up a 180 for $90 it has a broken top brace and a chip on the side. should i proceed or start a plywood build?

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