Welcome to 3Reef TS!!
The home page here has links to three pages of general considerations for starting up a reef tank.
http://www.3reef.com/step1.shtml http://www.3reef.com/step2.shtml http://www.3reef.com/step3.shtml
I just started my tank in October and found that the people here on 3reef and their knowledge are invaluable.
There are a lot of questions that need to be taken into consideration when starting out:
- What do you want to keep in the tank?
- What are the substrate needs for the tank you want to keep?
- Are you going to use a sump configuration or an everything (equipment) in the display tank configuration?
These questions have numerous answers that you will want to tailor to your specific needs and the needs of the animals you want to keep.
Equipment questions are among the first things to consider after deciding the tank parameters and you will find that the reefers here have used just about every type of pump, skimmer, salt, sand, hair brained DIY and/or out of the box equipment at one time or another so there is a bounty of information available. Just pick your topic from the forum menus and ask for ideas, we've got some great moderators here and they and the rest of us will be happy to help you.
Drew
[move][glow=blue,2,300]And don't forget to have fun!!![/glow][/move]
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