Starting a 10g

[jipps]

So i'm starting a simple 10g FOWLR for my clown pair, with a small clean-up crew and probably a shrimp or two later on.

I have the sand, LR, and an AquaClear 30 Powerhead in there right now. I think I'd like to buy some sort of filter to catch anything floating in the water that could be pretty easily maintainable, and I'd also like a nice but cheap light hood for the tank as well. Any ideas? I'm lookin to go as cheap as possible here. I don't need anything spectacularly expensive, I just want something that will polish the water a little and light the tank sufficiently.

 

[Lemmz]

on my 10g reef I just used a standard 10g hood and used 2 coralife 10w screw-in compact fluorescent

 

[jipps]

If i just order like a regular perfecto hood will that work?

I'm really in need of guidance more along the lines of the filter. What kind?

 

[Lemmz]

i am just running a cascade 80 and using a small powerhead for more circulation

 

[jipps]

Let's say I go with this, the 100 model:

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod_Display.cfm?pcatid=12320&N=2004+113843+22769

Could i run carbon? I'm very new to these filters so I might need a little more explanation. I'm also going to just get the perfecto hood for the 10g tank. Will that leave space for the filter?/

 

[Lemmz]

You can run carbon and as for the hood, most standard hoods have knockouts for things like hang on filters and heaters

 

[jipps]

I'm assuming that these filters are pretty much all the same for the most part? I'd be fine with that penguin one?

 

[slapshot16]

I do not use a filter on my 10 gallon. Weekly water changes of 2-3 gallons are enough. I run two small powerheads (100gph) and I have 20#s of live sand and 12 to 15 pounds of live rock. I will occassionally drop in some carbon in a bag for a few weeks.

If you really want a filter, you could add a sponge to a powerhead to trap the stuff it sucks up. You will need to clean the sponge weekly.

For lighting, it depends on what you want to keep. I have a coralife 40 watt PC. I have a few zoas, mushroom and some star polyps.

Good luck.

 

[jipps]

OKay so I'm currently going to buy a seccond aquaclear 30, a heater, and this Current fixture:

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produ...&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Np=1&pc=1&N=0&Nty=1

Is the second powerhead necessary?
Do I really not need the filter?
Is the lighting uncecessary? I didn't want to get a flourescent-only fixture, because i like the balance of daylight/actinic, plus the moonlight option.

 

[mister crabs]

that fixture will allow u too keep soft corals in the future like shrooms if you want