AlaskaMatt
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Hello all, i am getting ready to purchase all the equipment for my 10 gallon tank for mainly local (SE Alaska) tidal creatures(One or two sculpins, and various inverts i find and maby a soft coral or two) and had a few questions. Being Alaska our waters are not exactly tropical, and i would guess where i live its about 45-50F so i am going to need a good chiller (house temp is at 70F), does anyone have any suggestions on a good chiller? I was hoping to keep the whole setup costs under $300-350. Right now on the tank i have a couple old HOB filters (Whisper 20, and Walmart filter for 30g tank not sure what brand but i took out the carbon/filter bag and threw in a few pot scrubbies), is this going to be enough flow? With this setup would it be a good idea to include a skimmer in my setup(Going to be doing water changes every other week with seawater)? And i apologize if this is the wrong forum. If anyone has any suggestions (and i would not refuse a few links to some coldwater literature ethier ) i appreciate all the help i can get