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08-24-2008, 06:27 AM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Dec 2007
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|  four weeks till start up equipment info needed
well with any luck in the next 3 to 4 weeks we will have water flowing .my tank is a 120 gal , protein skimmer is a aqua c ev180 a mag 18 return pump also have a Oceans Motions 4way with a reef flow dart my sump not sure what im using yet maybe a 55 gal tank will be ordering a ro/di filter from air water and ice this week now i need to ask is there anything in addition that i will need to get started test kits carbon filters ext. thanks | 
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08-24-2008, 06:50 AM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
Join Date: Aug 2008
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Id get a full line of salifert tests kits (alk, cal, mag, no3, po4), and a fluidized bed reactor to run rowaphos. for carbon i just put it in a nylon filter bag and run it passively in my sump. If you wanted to you could run carbon in a separate fluidized bed reactor as well... | |
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08-24-2008, 07:13 AM
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| | Millepora
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Chester, Pa Age: 23
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salifert test kits are very good, but expensive, about $21 each. If price is not an option, then go with them, if it is, I use API test kits and a salifert Mg, API doesn't make a Mg test kit that i know of.
what about your lighting? are you planning a FOWLR or a reef?
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Equipment: 55 gal, Remora Skimmer w/ maxi jet 1200 pump, 4x54w T5 lighting, 2 super actinics, 2 12,000K actinic white bulbs, 55+ lbs fiji live rock...
Inhabitants: Ocellaris Clownfish, Yellow Tailed Damsel, Six Line Wrasse, Yellow Watchman Goby, 3 Chromis, Crocea Clam, Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
Corals: Zoas, Yellow Fiji Leather, Pineapple Brain, Frogspawn, Pearl Bubble, Blastomussa Merleti, Monti, GSP, Green Psammacora | |
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08-24-2008, 07:24 AM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Dec 2007
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reef tank lights i'll worry about after tank cycles more than likely mhs | |
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08-24-2008, 08:56 AM
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| | Tassled File Fish
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: joliet,il Age: 41
Posts: 1,998
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running a system with external pumps is a plus, you have the bare bone minimum to start a tank. do you have a pH monitor? i use seachem gel instead of rowaphos in this Aquarium Algae & Phosphate Control: PhosBan Reactor 150 and Parts from Two Little Fishies
for a reef there here some needed items: Ca reactor & kallwasser ( good combo ), lighting system, par meter ( very helpful ), refugium, chiller, the main test kits ( Ca, dKH, Mg ) other test kits ( PO4, NO3, O2 ), having an extra pump with extra bulbs on the shelf is a life saver. | |
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08-24-2008, 12:13 PM
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| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Central Virginia
Posts: 135
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:yeahthat: plus auto topoff, refractometer, and a controller unit if you really want to burn some cash. Please keep me updated, you're just a few months ahead of me on the timeline. | |
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08-24-2008, 01:49 PM
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| | Clown Trigger
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Shelton, Washington Age: 44
Posts: 2,002
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Sounds like you have a good start........
....ooooooo a controller. I want one of those. God my wife is seriously going to kill me one of these days. If you hear of a dude in the Pacific NW that ended up with his head in the fish tank......it is probably me. _________ 90g HW: 20g Sump, ETSS PSw/Mag9, CPR OF/Rio 2100 RTN, MJ AC 2K3 PH's (2800GPH ttl flow), 300W htr, Gnd Prb, Denitrator, UV, PCs: 2x65,4x55 Fish: Ylw Tang, LM Blenny, Hmbg, Y-T, Ylw dmsls, Mrn Clown, Coral Beauty, Red Crs Wrsse. Inverts: Snls/HCs, CBS, P-mnt shrmp x2, Sandstar, Condy Anen, Tbe Wrm, Sea Apple. Frags: Frgspwn, Kenya Tree. Corals: GSP, Zoos, Shrooms, Lobo Brain, Turbinaria, Mshrm Lthr, Fngr Lthr. Other: 127# LR, 1-2" LS DOB 5/7/08  | |
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