New to NYC - help please

[guinessmstr45]

folks - i'm moving to the UWS in a week - and would love to put a nice sw tank in my office upstairs. Few questions for the pros thou. Has anyone used the Red Sea Max 250? Seems like a nice all in one for a starter reef, decent size (66g) - and would be good for entry corals along w/ LR and fish.

That being said - are there any good places in NYC to get fish/lr/corals and other supplies? Also - any reccomendations on some starter corals for me? I've had 2 saltwater tanks in my life - both FOWLR - but would like to branch out a bit into some nice soft & hard corals.

Much appreciated!

 

[skene]

Red Sea Max tanks are great all in one tanks. It's a decent size and will come with everything you need. As for purchasing a tank...
I would recommend checking out Coral Theory.. they are out in Brooklyn.. easy jump from the city by train. They can hook you up with a Red Sea Max and you can check out their coral selection to boot.
they have one of the 150g RSMs tank there on display.

Good Luck!

 

[guinessmstr45]

thanks for the response. i'm still very much on the fence regarding going w/ my fowlr setup i'm comfortable with - and enjoying the more aggressive fish - or the reef setup - which obviously requires much more tlc, $, etc.

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

I like RSM except I strongly think you should change the lighting into to lower the heat of (any) hood enclosed tank.

The material used and and constructed are much stronger and thoughtful over other AIO tank's hoods I have ever mod.

 

[crox99]

Check out Aquarium Village.

 

[JimmyR1rider]

Tank is awesome lighting is eeh. Produces a lot of heat and the other con is its all on or all off, no separate actinic from daylight.

Also the stock protein skimmer is ok but there are much better out there to replace it with. The adjustment valve is a cheap plastic type. It is very hard to adjust because it's very tight and feels like it will break if you turn it to hard yet you have to because it is so tight. Plus the slightest adjustment has it go from not collecting skimmate at all to filling the collection cup fast with pee like water.

Other than those 2 things they're awesome. Very sturdily built and well thought out systems. Plus the 1 plug thing is great for an office.

 

[JimmyR1rider]

Also I agree with crox. Check out aquarium village in westbury. Rich will give you a great price and he will deliver.

 

[Geraud]

Manhattan Aquarium might be the closest to you... and it is really worth a visit. (though then you visit it more and more and it is worth more and more too :sgrin

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

Swing by manhattan aquariums and check em out

 

[CoralMeister]

Imo buy that thing its awsome

 

[lfsmarineguy]

Fauna

265 West 87th Street
New York, NY 10024
Between Bway & West End Ave
p:212-877-2473
f:212-877-5031

I don't think it gets much "closer" to the upper west side than that.

 

[JARRETT SHARK]

Swing by manhattan aquariums and check em out

Plus 1
The other stores a far from NYC but worth the ride

 

[MatthewScars]

Swing by manhattan aquariums and check em out

Now we're just name dropping, hah.

Coral Theory is still the best EVER! They will deliver the tank, set it up, make you a sandwich, feed your cat, and possibly talk to your wife so you dont have to!

I love those guys!

 

[guarda]

+1 for Coral Theory. One of the guys walked me through and helped me build my sump. These guys love what they do.