Hello, my name is Martin, i have about 18-19 years of reef experience.
First of all, I apologize if there are syntax errors, I am French Canadian, I live near Montreal, English is not my first language
I currently have practically the same set up as I had when I started, a small 50 gallon with no sump with skimmer and reactor hang on, lit with 4 T5.
I've been saving for almost 2 years, and planning my next set up, an almost ready, it should be for this year, maybe at the end of the summer or in the fall, depending on what's going on with this covid epidemic ???
I read a lot on all the forums, I watched hundreds of hours of video (my girlfriend can't take it anymore ...)
Here's what I thought, and I'd love to hear your opinion.
Red Sea reefer 425 XL White. don’t have room for bigger.
skimmer Red Sea Rsk 600
2 ecotech radion XR30 pro with arms for hanging them
Neptune Apex EL controller
Neptune Cor-15 return pump connected to the Apex and and one Vectra M2 ecotech with back-up battery connected apart from the Apex for redundancy.
I'm going to put a Neptune flow monitor on the return pipe just to let me know if there's a pressure drop.
for water movement, 2 red sea reef wave 25, I would have liked to take the vortech Mp40 rather than the red sea, but I don't really like the look of the vortech, the dry side is too big and I don't like the « ears look » on the side of the tank
1 Neptune leak detector
1 Neptune auto top off
1 Neptune dos to dose alk and Ca
1 Neptune dos for automatic water change.
where it gets complicated is that I am in an apartment, so I am limited in space, but fortunatly, the other side of the wall where my tank will be, it is the laundry room, so I have a water drain for the rejection of the water change, and close by, i have my ro-di and my supply of fresh and salt water nearby (6-7 ft apart ) so it will be easy to set up top off and water change.
Over the years I have had almost everything, flatwrorm, aptaisia, algae of all kinds, my tank has been too hot, too cold, I have been overrun with mushrooms, pumping Xenia, and etc. name it, i got it. and i get rid of everything
,currently I have no more undesirable (except 1 huge flatworm that I sometimes see at night)
i want to start with brand new live rock, I have thought of Marco dry rock ?? I am too afraid to introduce undesirables in my new tank. I learned that in aquarium, nothing good happens quickly, so I'm ready to wait the time it takes for cycles and, everything to set up properly,
with that in mind, what recipe you suggest to seed and start the tank. in the old time we use live rock, but i don’t want to to that anymore.
That's about what I thought, please tell me if it makes sense to you, or if there are things or gears that you will do differently, I'm going to invest a lot of $$ so I'm not afraid to spend 400-500$ more to improve.
i would like quality, and my tank to be automated and safe as much as possible, and I aim for the long term, I do not want to change half of the equipment in 1 year
First of all, I apologize if there are syntax errors, I am French Canadian, I live near Montreal, English is not my first language
I currently have practically the same set up as I had when I started, a small 50 gallon with no sump with skimmer and reactor hang on, lit with 4 T5.
I've been saving for almost 2 years, and planning my next set up, an almost ready, it should be for this year, maybe at the end of the summer or in the fall, depending on what's going on with this covid epidemic ???
I read a lot on all the forums, I watched hundreds of hours of video (my girlfriend can't take it anymore ...)
Here's what I thought, and I'd love to hear your opinion.
Red Sea reefer 425 XL White. don’t have room for bigger.
skimmer Red Sea Rsk 600
2 ecotech radion XR30 pro with arms for hanging them
Neptune Apex EL controller
Neptune Cor-15 return pump connected to the Apex and and one Vectra M2 ecotech with back-up battery connected apart from the Apex for redundancy.
I'm going to put a Neptune flow monitor on the return pipe just to let me know if there's a pressure drop.
for water movement, 2 red sea reef wave 25, I would have liked to take the vortech Mp40 rather than the red sea, but I don't really like the look of the vortech, the dry side is too big and I don't like the « ears look » on the side of the tank
1 Neptune leak detector
1 Neptune auto top off
1 Neptune dos to dose alk and Ca
1 Neptune dos for automatic water change.
where it gets complicated is that I am in an apartment, so I am limited in space, but fortunatly, the other side of the wall where my tank will be, it is the laundry room, so I have a water drain for the rejection of the water change, and close by, i have my ro-di and my supply of fresh and salt water nearby (6-7 ft apart ) so it will be easy to set up top off and water change.
Over the years I have had almost everything, flatwrorm, aptaisia, algae of all kinds, my tank has been too hot, too cold, I have been overrun with mushrooms, pumping Xenia, and etc. name it, i got it. and i get rid of everything
,currently I have no more undesirable (except 1 huge flatworm that I sometimes see at night)i want to start with brand new live rock, I have thought of Marco dry rock ?? I am too afraid to introduce undesirables in my new tank. I learned that in aquarium, nothing good happens quickly, so I'm ready to wait the time it takes for cycles and, everything to set up properly,
with that in mind, what recipe you suggest to seed and start the tank. in the old time we use live rock, but i don’t want to to that anymore.
That's about what I thought, please tell me if it makes sense to you, or if there are things or gears that you will do differently, I'm going to invest a lot of $$ so I'm not afraid to spend 400-500$ more to improve.
i would like quality, and my tank to be automated and safe as much as possible, and I aim for the long term, I do not want to change half of the equipment in 1 year
