doing research about to buy a tank

[Apartmenttank]

Hi all new to here but i have been doing a lot of research on a salt water system, i found a decent tank.

400 dollars for tank and live rock and live sand. Also comes with Orbit marine LED light. The tank seems to have a built in section that comes with a heater, a skimmer, a filter section, and i think there is another i can set up a Refugium in.

I plan on setting up a reef tank with a few softie frags and LPS frags to start but in time(years) adding possible SPS.

Does this set up seem possible? i know i should have a bigger tank with a sump but for living in a small apartment this is the best i can do (34 gal).

What do you all think about this setup? what will i have to upgrade to get to a proper system? What else will i have to buy?

Im not worried about fish yet i was told to get my system up and running and then get my corals and then i can put a swimming ammonia machine in there.

 

[ZeeSparrow]

Is it just me or is this post blank?

 

[cincyjim]

Blank as can be...

 

[Diverjohn]

Looks like great research to me!

 

[gone fishin]

The OP is probably new and got caught up in the spam filter.

 

[Sk8r]

SPS is very light-dependent. I'm seeing what I think are LEDs, but I don't know how potent.

 

[Martini5788]

I think sk8r is the only one who can actually see this post haha

 

[cincyjim]

lol... I see something you don't see game

 

[gone fishin]

I think sk8r is the only one who can actually see this post haha

she has magic Mod powers.

 

[ZeeSparrow]

she has magic Mod powers.

:blown:

 

[Sk8r]

Lol---no tribble at all.

Suggest if the op would like everyone to see it, he put the pic on photobucket (free account) and use that addy combined with the mountain-sun icon above to post it for us to see.

 

[Apartmenttank]

Does this work? Sorry i'm new and don't know what to do!

looking at picking up this tank tomorrow if i do.
also can everyone see my original words? or should i add them back in.
I was so happy when i got 8 responses then i noticed what they where lol

The LED is an Orbit marine and the tank is a USA solana

 

[ZeeSparrow]

I can now see the original post, as well as the picture within. And the latest one. Looks very nice!

 

[tennesseebob]

i think its a great looking setup, nanos really are super cool, i wish i could help with the lighting, im clueless, i had mine cranked up because of manufacturer par ratings per depth, and my corals may not like that much light...some are bleaching, so im backing them down, the point i guess is, my whole statement is pointless and dont listen to me lol

 

[Martini5788]

Looks good but I wouldn't pay 400 for it. Just my opinion though. I would ask for half that

 

[Shawn O]

Is it wider than a ten gallon tank? If so you may be able to add a sump for more live rock, chaeto or a larger refugium.

 

[Saltliquid]

Mate sps are simplistic to keep very healthy, they are the easiest of all marine life to keep and there are only a few things they need and the most important ones in such a small eco system like yours is temperature control, flow/current, soft to high output lighting with diverse imbedded colours, inorganic nutrients to virtually zero at all times, dosing and many small feeds to name a few and the most important, fish and crustaceans pollute the hell out of a tiny eco system!
One fish and ten corals, no worries, ten fish and very basic corals and not a great looking tank, that's the way it is in your aquarium and in the ocean!
Of course in the ocean there are thousands of Kilometers to process the waste, you don't have that in your aquarium, but it can be copied quite easily!
With out good water quality controlling measures, if you keep waste producing life way down and waste recycling life like sps in there, its pretty easy to do.
Just look at corals, if they are of large polyps which includes anemones and soft corals, that’s a huge area of polyp to pick up light, oxygen and food, then look at sps, tiny polyps, very sensitive sort of and the larger polyp species will most likely attack the small polyps species via tendrils or chemicals.
Oh and a fish is not an ammonia machine after a month or so, perpetually it is an inorganic nutrient machine!

 

[gone fishin]

It is a nice tank. Seems kind of high to me but if your happy with the price then enjoy.

 

[Apartmenttank]

Looks good but I wouldn't pay 400 for it. Just my opinion though. I would ask for half that

Comes with tank, Live rock, orbit marine light, test kits, tank has built in filtration including a skimmer. I figured 400 was a good deal?

 

[Martini5788]

Comes with tank, Live rock, orbit marine light, test kits, tank has built in filtration including a skimmer. I figured 400 was a good deal?

Do you know what brand of tank it is? It's not a horrible deal, but I would try to get them down a little bit