[Tonyscoots84]

hey guys just wanted to start off saying hello and I wanted to let all my friends here know that you where not forgotten . Everyday i wake up and seriously miss the website, you guyz and especially my tanks.. So the reason of this post im looking to start getting stuff little by little for my future tank in 6 months (after i get married and move into my house) im planning on doing it all right from day one with alot of planning and research. Im going to have this tank consume little electricity while having the equipment not produce alot of heat. and note that i dont want to spend a ton of money on everything. i understand from being in the hobby that certain things will cost but keep that in mind that the fiance and I are paying for the wedding ourselves ive been out of the hobby for a little while so i need a little help from the people who know whats going on with good equipment.

Here is the list

Tank- 60 gallon RR marineland perfecto RR cube tank (Ordered) TANK IN THE HOUSE

skimmer - reef octopuse sro xp ssss 2000 (ordered)

lighting - 2 AI lighting sol blue 75 watt with controller (ordered)

ATO - reef fanatic level controller & Digital Aquatics ATO Float Switch Kit (Ordered)

ATO Bracket Holder for sump (ordered)

controller - neptune apex (ordered)

water flow - 2 vortech E10W (ordered)

sump - sump made by Rkaragozler (thanks rich)

Rodi - aqua fx barracuda 100gpd - (ordered)

heater - eheim jager 150 w - (ordered)

sand - 2 40lb bags carib sea pink fiji - (ordered)

reactors - 2 2 little fish. (ordered)

Pumps for reactors - 3 marineland 404 pumps - (ordered)

dosing - bubble magnus doser (Ordered)

return pump - eheim 1262 (Ordered)

Refractometer - Ordered

stand - Papa scoots is building it (In Progress)
Dead Rock - 57 lbs from (reefrocks.net)

Carbon - ESV carbon - Ordered
GFO - TLF Phosban - Ordered
4 hole magnetic Probe Holder - Ordered

Filter Sock Holder - Ordered
Filter socks - Ordered

BRS 2 Part Kit - Ordered

window screen for tank cover - Ordered
window screen frame/corners/spline and roller for the tank cover - Ordered

salt - reef crystals - Ordered

Mag Float medium - Ordered
Air line hose, fish net (big and small)

10 gallon glass tank for topoff Ordered

neptune apex 8 energy bar - Ordered

neptune lab grade ph probe - Ordered

Eggcrate

Algea Cleaner


Test Kits
Hanna Phosphate - Ordered
Hanna Calcium - Ordered
Hanna Alkalinity - Ordered

Salifert magnesium - Ordered

API Test Kit Ammonia
API Test Kit Nitrite
API Test kit Nitrate

2 Eheim 150 watt heaters (one for salt water and one for backup on tank) - Ordered

Salt Water & Rodi container pump - Ordered
2 quiet one pro 1200

3 - ph calibration 7.0 - Ordered
3 - ph calibration 10.0 - Ordered

1 - maxijet 1200 for salt water container circulation - Ordered

1 - Maxijet 900 for misc. needs - Ordered

Have to get

liverock - 20lbs live
pvc for plumbing
make 1" emt light fixture holder (got conduit)
Bayer Insect Killer
2 - 20 gallon brute containers
Frag Kit
Frag Glues
Epoxy Sticks

Fish List
2 clownfish
1 mystery wrasse
3 bangai cardinals
3 blue chromis
1 yellow clown goby
1 sleeper gold head goby

Clean up crew
Nerite snails
cerinth snails
trochus snails
fighting conch
tigertail conch
2 scarlet skunk cleaner shrimps
emerald crab
scarlet hermit crabs
sandsifting star

Corals

- Purple Bonsai
- mostly all ora sps corals
- Some LPS depending on what space will be left over


A Big Thankyou to Russ at Saltwater Critters. (Thats the place im getting everything from)

Whatever anyone can suggest would be greatly appreciated.

let the start

[Mike389]

i have an ehiem 1262.. its really quite you will love it

[thirty5]

Here is the list

Tank - 47-60 gallon cube tank - marineland RR tank or oceanic
GO BIGGER!! 75 gal min

skimmer - unknown
Reef Octo seems pretty popular, that is what i am running

lighting - leds (ive been seeing the AI lighting being a good choice)
AI Sol's sound good to me!!!

return pump - eheim ?
Not sure, I run Blue Line external pump

heater - unknown
Get 2 that are underrated for your system. So if it calls for 300w get 2 150's. Incase one gets stuck on there is a less chance to boil your tank.

water flow - 1 vortech with controller
YES!

controller - ? (if i get a controller can it control the vortech instead of
using the vortech controller)
I would leave the Vortech Controller to control the power head. I am looking at an APEX controller when I get one.

dosing - im planning on doing it manually everyday until corals grow
Dosing will be always!

sump - plan on building my own from a 10 gallon or 20 gallon tall tank
Sounds good, I would go as big as possible and add a fuge if you can.

Sand - unknown (if i go with sand something really white)
I would not worry about "really white" it is only going to turn colors anyway from age.

liverock - will worry about it when the time comes
Reefrock.net when you are ready!

stand and canopy - will build myself
Very Nice

reactors - one for carbon and one for phosban
Consider Bio-Pellets???

Glad that you are back.. No one can stay away that long!

[CHEMCHEF]

Sand: ESV is very white
reactors: BRS dual reactor is a good price. Quality is good too. Very compact for a cube stand.

[Tonyscoots84]

thanks alot thirty i appreciate all your responses...
thanks chem chef... ( dont you need different water pressure for different types of media?)

im not looking to kill myself with water changes thats why i was staying lower on the cube size. i was looking to do max 5 gallons a week lol i am lazy ...

I know about the dosing thats why i said in the beginning i will do it by hand then when they start to take off and require alot i will have a doser ..

anyone else with great recommendations

[NYreefNoob]

controller - ? (if i get a controller can it control the vortech instead of
using the vortech controller

dont waste the extra money per convo with ecotech, you still have to have the controller hooked up for the vortech anyways, so basically the add on for a apex doesnt really do anything the factory controller head does,

when really ready for a skimmer lmk the amount of space ya will have

personally i would do a diy led or the ecotech or maxspect, there isnt enough color spectrum in the AI's for me.

just buy a bubble magnus doser, they are dead on point with amounts dosed { love mine }

even though i have been using the bio-pellets for over a year i still dont reccommend them to people

[Tonyscoots84]

thanks alot noob. how the hell have you been buddy...

[Tonyscoots84]

thanks mike but im buying everything new

[thirty5]

Radions are sooooo expensive tho....

[JARRETT SHARK]

welcome back buddy