Re: Amazing Set up Can you help
Re: Amazing Set up Can you help
I'd be happy to help. I'll try to break these down into questions so it's easier to read:
1) Heat
I swear by Ebo Jager heaters (along with thousands of other folks). They are dependable and work very well. I have one 100 watt Ebo in my Aquafuge so it stays out of my display tank. It is currenty set at approximately 79 degrees. That temp flucuates between 78 to a night time low, to 80.5 or so for a daytime high. I contribute a large part of my tank's health to minimal temp flucuations.
2) Proper Lighting (also your comment about someone saying that with MH you would need a chiller)
What do you want to keep? If you don't plan on having colorful and more delicate SPS's or the colorful clams, then you do not need halides. I've found the Coralife all in one PC fixtures work and look beautiful. If you do want to keep the SPS's and clams, then halides are great. Unless you have them very close to the water, or completely enclosed over the tank, you do not need a chiller. I don't have a chiller at all (although I do have an open top tank). Just make sure you have adequate ventilation with halides.
3) Dosing
I dose B-Ionic (2 parts) versus putting an expensive reactor on a nano-reef. To me that is just not cost effective. B-Ionic is reasonably priced and easy to dose. I also add food stuffs of different types but that is for another discussion.
4) Best places to buy, etc
Do your best to support your LFS first. It's always good to keep local businesses afloat. Aside from that, try to find a club in the area where you can trade or buy frags cheap. It will save you a ton of money. Finally, look at the sponsores here at Reef Central. I have ordered from 75% of them and they all are fantastic.
Also, go check out nano-reef.com. They are a fantastic resource for smaller reef tanks.
I hope that helps! Thanks for the compliments and feel free to shoot me a PM is you have any other questions I can help with.
Be sure and post pics as you go!
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