I went and did a thing earlier this afternoon. I was talking to a friend of mine who has a huge reef tank like 250 gallons, and he came and looked at my little 1.5 gallon converted beta bowl and said…. “Well….. yeah it can work….. however you’re going to be spending more time and money maintaining it than actually being able to enjoy it because it’s so small. How about I give you a deal you cannot refuse, I have a Fluval evo 13.5 kit that I was using up until 2 weeks ago and kept running in the event I needed an isolation tank, however I just got another idea for that on a customer trade in of a 50 gallon tank, so… I’ll sell you a basically fool proof set up as long as you listen to me and not rush things, you will have a nice enjoyable mini reef that isn’t going to require constant maintenance. For $175.00 I’ll sell you the tank, hood with the proper spectrum lighting, a power head, heater, 2 skimmers, enough salt, a complete test kit, a refractameter, quick start additive, a programmable timer for the lights and the live sand that is in it. You’ll just have to give me a couple hours to drain it, clean it and put the sand in a bucket for transport, and I’ll bring it over in a couple hours.” Well…… since today is my birthday, and I always wanted a nice setup…. I bought it. Here it is after being filled, and waiting for water to clear. Maybe tomorrow I will transfer my little coral frags into it. Looking forward to having a “legit” reef tank.
