My first Saltwater Reef Aquarium.
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, 03-30-2010 at 05:36 PM (4836 Views)
Hi all I am doing research for my first saltwater reef aquarium. I have had fresh water aquariums in the past. 1 community tank (55 gal.). One African Cichlid tank (29 gal (? we bought it used)). And a planted aquarium (10 gal.). I am currently doing research for when we move to a new house (Lord willing) for coral in my tank. The old freshwater community tank will hopefully be my Display tank, with the 29gal. as my refugium (/ sump? it will have skimmer in it and a slow flow with algae in it to filter the water from the DT). With an algae tumbler (it will be a little box that is lit with algae tumbling around at a fast repetition to remove phosphates, nitrates (?) and (?) nitrites from my DT water and is separate from the fuge.). I might have a pwr. filter (hang on) on my DT or a BIO wheel filter unless it is a bad idea. I have heard that the algae tumbling at high rates removes "stuff" (nitrates, nitrites, phosphates) from the water better and reproduces better (? on that one) than at a low flow. I would like to put cost effective (not expensive lights) up, I was planning on T5's. My goal is to make this tank as cost effective as possible. With a (?)(hopefully) deep sand bed in the DT unless that is a bad idea (that was why I put the, ?) and a shallow sand bed in the Fuge unless it is a bad idea. For a Quarantine tank I plan for bare bottom and to quarantine for 8 wks. for fish so as not to spread marine ich. I hope you guys don't think that I'm paranoid but I've read that it is really hard to treat and eradicate from your fish with inverts. in the DT.
I hope I have been descriptive enough, sometimes I am not when that happens just me know, I can say one thing and mean another thing.
So Thanks
and God Bless
David P. A.K.A small-town-reefer