Budget friendly build advice
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Skyjacker07
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Already live rock helped me, and the live sand as well; I started with a 20g long and had a fowlr tank for 6 mos to a year; then picked up a all in one, and have ran that for over a year now.
cedwards04
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Well i picked up the free 12 gallon tank today. Turns out its in pretty rough shape, probably too rough to use. I dont mind the aesthetics part of it, but there are some cracks in the acrylic that make me scared it may bust. I guess im buying a tank now, oh well.
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bradleyv1714
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What are the lights that you have in there now?I'm +1 on the Biocube bandwagon as well. If you go with a Biocube 32, it comes stock with LED lights that are strong enough for a lot of corals (not SPS though). Here's my BC32 that's all stock minus the lights... And it's a great little tank!
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bradleyv1714
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Try Craigslist or offer up for a tank.
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Ryan Darilek
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I went with Steve's LED's 14k retrofit kit. Very happy with them!
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cedwards04
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I ended up purchasing a 20 gallon "kit" from walmart. Came with the tank, lid, led lights, and a hob filter. My dad has a spare hob filter that came off his 55gal that may be a little more powerful if i need more flow.
Im thinking there really isnt much mount in having a filter cartridge in there is it? Im thinking i only need to run it for the water flow. Im i thinking correctly or should i use the filter that came with it?
Im thinking there really isnt much mount in having a filter cartridge in there is it? Im thinking i only need to run it for the water flow. Im i thinking correctly or should i use the filter that came with it?
cedwards04
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Picked up a fluval cp2 powerhead today to give me a little better circulation. Do i even need to hob filter at all since i will have sand/rock as the natural filtration?
cedwards04
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Went to the lfs last night and got some premixed saltwater and fresh ro/di water. They also gave me a scoop of live sand which ended up having a snail in it once i got it home. Got everything in the tank but unfortunately it appears the heater i have does not work, so back to the store i go.
cedwards04
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Tank has been going for about 3 weeks now. I had the water tested at the lfs and they said i was good to go so we added 2 green chromis and a blue damsel, plus a few small crabs, snails, and a cleaner shrimp. So far everything is going great. I did a 30% water change a few days after adding the fish.
I am only using the hob as a way to break the water surface and aid in circulation, i do not have any filters in it at all. I am also using a fluval powerhead to circulate the water, it seems to be working well. Yes the tank came with built in led lights, although i would doubt they would be effective at growing corral. I wish they would bc it would be nice to add some color.
I am only using the hob as a way to break the water surface and aid in circulation, i do not have any filters in it at all. I am also using a fluval powerhead to circulate the water, it seems to be working well. Yes the tank came with built in led lights, although i would doubt they would be effective at growing corral. I wish they would bc it would be nice to add some color.
cedwards04
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Testing a new way to upload images, so if this works, here is a picture of the tank currently
