starting my first saltwater tank

Gill11 · Jul 4, 2020

So starting my first saltwater tank, will likely start with a 20 g tank from waterbox, unless the wife oks the slightly larger marine tanks with the sump that they have
have a 14g tall and a 10g tank from my frshwater days that i have gotten cheap amazon (sunsun) powerheads for and the penguin 200 marineland hang on backs for .
just ordered the 5stage brs rodi kit
i am very busy at work so bear with me as i will likely very slowly set this up

Ulm_nano_diybudgetreef · Jul 4, 2020

Nice one best of luck with the setup and keep updating as you go. Always love seeing new builds

Gill11 · Jul 4, 2020

Ulm_nano_diybudgetreef said:
Nice one best of luck with the setup and keep updating as you go. Always love seeing new builds

thanks , also got a hipagera aquaknight LED that was hardly used before for my coral quarantine tank

fishguy242 · Jul 4, 2020

hi,slow is the best way to go in this hobby

Gill11 · Jul 4, 2020

fishguy242 said:
hi,slow is the best way to go in this hobby

thanks

Ulm_nano_diybudgetreef · Jul 4, 2020

Gill11 said:
thanks , also got a hipagera aquaknight LED that was hardly used before for my coral quarantine tank

Yes, I just got 1 as well

. They meant to be fairly good

Henryb9 · Jul 4, 2020

Buy your heaters and other accessories for a bigger volume tank, it gets expensive when you upgrade later on, I upgraded 3x.

Gill11 · Jul 4, 2020

Henryb9 said:
Buy your heaters and other accessories for a bigger volume tank, it gets expensive when you upgrade later on, I upgraded 3x.

Hahah I’m lucky the wife has begrudgingly agreed to a small cube tank lol , if I get anything better I’ll have to find a tank to live in myself

Henryb9 · Jul 4, 2020

Gill11 said:
Hahah I’m lucky the wife has begrudgingly agreed to a small cube tank lol , if I get anything better I’ll have to find a tank to live in myself

Hahah she will also change her mind when she sees the colorful fishes!

Gill11 · Jul 5, 2020

14 G fish isolation tank , marineland penguin 200 (rated for upto 50g) , sun sun wave maker (260-280 gph) , barebottom , will add pvc pipes , an artificial plant , basic led light with timer 12 on 12 off

10 G coral isolation tank , same filter and Wave maker , hipagera aqua knight 30 watt LED light (starting with LPS first ) , willplace some leftover live rock at bottom , and place a frag rack halfway up for the corals to go in ( or could make one out of eggcrate and ziptie pvc pipe legs )