As requested throwing up a thread on my first saltwater reef tank.
Some may scoff at my baby tank but I just don’t have the space for much larger at least for now. It’s going to sit on a countertop in the basement so I was worried about weight going any larger.
It’s a 30gal tank with a glass top hood, the pump is rear mounted. Also grabbed a 200 watt heater.
I only have 2 live rocks at the moment, they were wet from the store so I shouldn’t have to wait weeks for the rocks to cure. I broke the rocks up a bit and used reef glue to “aquascape” it a bit.
Also using live sand, the caribsea brand.
My wife’s friend hooked me up with a Fluval Sea LED light for free. He was using it for his frag tank and no longer needed it. Has less than a few hours on it and practically brand new, $160 light.
Things I still need to grab are water testing equipment, power heads and I would like to grab another live rock. Looking at either getting some pukani or if I want to drop some more coin I’m thinking of buying a speciality bonsai shaped rock.
There isn’t any livestock in the tank yet and the water is still cloudy from the live sand, took pics of the different light outputs. Once I can test the water properly and make sure there isn’t any amonia spikes I will grab a fish to start off with and slowly add the cleanup crew and more livestock and then the good stuff corals.
Some may scoff at my baby tank but I just don’t have the space for much larger at least for now. It’s going to sit on a countertop in the basement so I was worried about weight going any larger.
It’s a 30gal tank with a glass top hood, the pump is rear mounted. Also grabbed a 200 watt heater.
I only have 2 live rocks at the moment, they were wet from the store so I shouldn’t have to wait weeks for the rocks to cure. I broke the rocks up a bit and used reef glue to “aquascape” it a bit.
Also using live sand, the caribsea brand.
My wife’s friend hooked me up with a Fluval Sea LED light for free. He was using it for his frag tank and no longer needed it. Has less than a few hours on it and practically brand new, $160 light.
Things I still need to grab are water testing equipment, power heads and I would like to grab another live rock. Looking at either getting some pukani or if I want to drop some more coin I’m thinking of buying a speciality bonsai shaped rock.
There isn’t any livestock in the tank yet and the water is still cloudy from the live sand, took pics of the different light outputs. Once I can test the water properly and make sure there isn’t any amonia spikes I will grab a fish to start off with and slowly add the cleanup crew and more livestock and then the good stuff corals.