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Decided to start a small reef, here's a few pictures of what I have. Most of it is just extra gear I've acquired over the years on the freshwater side of the hobby.
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By the way are you planning on using a ato (auto top off) system? Small tanks can have their levels fluctuate drastically and stability is key
 
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great start can't wait to see the build and stock, And i strongly recommend the ATO like steelerfan said with that small of a system it will swing wildly through out the day. So what do you plan on keeping in this system?
 
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Also are those brine shrimp hatcheries in the picture or phyto-culture? judging by the light I am assuming phyto-culture.
 
Steelerfan747 said:
By the way are you planning on using a ato (auto top off) system? Small tanks can have their levels fluctuate drastically and stability is key
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I plan on adding something. I'm in the fish room 3-4 times a day, and will start by topping with RO at first.

Pappy said:
And are you still going to be acquiring more stuff because I see an upgrade in the near future;)
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Probably. This is one of 10 tanks in the fish room, just the only one that will be reef. I may convert a larger freshwater display tank in the future. I am particularly drawn to the look down tanks.

Steven R said:
great start can't wait to see the build and stock, And i strongly recommend the ATO like steelerfan said with that small of a system it will swing wildly through out the day. So what do you plan on keeping in this system?
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I plan on looking into auto top off, not sure about stocking yet. Going to start with the easiest corals I can find from my LFS. Maybe one fish.

Steven R said:
Also are those brine shrimp hatcheries in the picture or phyto-culture? judging by the light I am assuming phyto-culture.
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Brine shrimp and one was a phyto, I can't seem to get a live starter culture of the phyto locally.
 
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very nice so far there are some good stickies in the reef chemistry forum. i'll see if I can find them.
 
Nice tank!! Welcome to R2R!! Can't wait to see how it comes along!
 
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What type of rock is that? Looks good.
 
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Steven R said:
The
Understanding Reef Tank water Testing and Parameters

these are a couple nice ones I have found the first targets ph alone and the second link covers it all happy reefing
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Thank you for these, I read the first three, and they were very helpful.

I placed the rock and the sand and some pre-mixed water in the tank last night. It was mostly clear. I didn't put the clarifying agent into the tank yet, I wanted to see if it would clear on its own. There are only Bio-balls in the filter, and I haven't hooked up the Koralia yet. I'll do that tonight and add the lights and take a photo for reference.

I was thinking of getting some live rock rubble from a local LFS, will that speed up the seeding of my dead rock?
Or will it be slow going no matter what?
 

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