what should i do?

haha i guess i didnt think the fuge thing thru, so the stock filter should be fine? and i dont plan on having too many rocks, mostly just corals on the sandbed.

 

congrats. Pics when you get it set up.

 

I have a salty fluval edge, i've had it for idk 2 years now? My mother works at hagen so i get stuff right at release/alittle before and honestly its a GREAT TANK but if i had to do it over again, i wouldnt have gone salty on it. Unless your building a custom led fixture to fit right under the hood, or buy the nanocustoms fluval fixture, its alot of hassle. I tried the mr-11's and got crappy growth and all my zoas went brown, then i modded the hood to stuff two 50/50 bulbs in there and THEN i added another suplimental pc over the glass but i hated the look and finally i just bought a nanocustoms par38 bulb and i'm hanging that over the tank as i've seen many people do the same because its honestly the easiest way to light it without spending alot or going DIY.

Just my 2 cents.

ps. check out the numerous fluval edge posts on nanoreef if you need ideas on lighting it alot of people have done alot of different things with it.

 

do you think you could fit a par30-38 over it?

 

I wouldn't do a fluval personally, no watermovement and no way to mod the filter for salt. Try a Dymax IQ3 with a PAR30 on top and the back chamber could be a fuge.
Here is a link to a Dymax build:
My first pico! Dymax IQ3 - Nano-Reef.com Forums
And vid with PAR30:
YouTube - Pico Reef dymax IQ3 approximately 2 gallons

 

thanks panfish ill look into it.

 

with this setup would i have to upgrade anything to keep sps? lighting? filtration?

 

Yeah, I'd go with a PAR30 from boost, just a nicer color. One "robot led" bulb ain't gonna cut it for SPS. Filtration wise it is like a biocube, small chamber in the back. You could probably get away with some Chaeto in there and some carbon. You could even do some other chemical media or mangrove shoots. Flow wise I would get a tiny PicoEvo or something, or split the locline return. But besides that, you should be good. Check that vid, he has SPS under the PAR30. Ask Matt Rogers, he owns one.

 

ok sweet, about how does one of these cost? ive got a price cap of about 250

 

Well...
Dymax from Big Als 69.99
Product Details
BoostLED PAR30 69.99
Pico Evo 200 14.00
So you would have a little less than 100 bucks for coral.