What's the best thing you've bought for your reef?

[fritz]

What is the best purchase you've made for your reef?

 

[jackson6745]

::wink1:

 

[ming]

Calcium reactor
Makes reefing a lot more laid back

 

[Craig]

Better lighting.
What's the point of having lots of corals if the colors are weak.

 

[bad coffee]

Litermeter. Hands down the best $100 I've spent so far.

B

 

[ShaunW]

Aquamedic doser! Stupid me for not getting one long ago.

No more manual additions for me!

 

[fritz]

You guys are seriously placing a doser as your most valued piece of reef equipment?

 

[mshur]

bubble-king

 

[reefman]

the tank.
w/o it , i couldnt get anything else.

 

[druluv]

My RODI was my best investment

 

[alrha]

AquaController, makes all the automation a lot easier.

 

[masterswimmer]

Auto top off (float switch). Made maintaining the system a weekly task as opposed to daily (feeding doesn't count ).

swimmer

 

[DRZL]

Bang for buck= Auto-top off
Purity= RO/DI
Flow= Tunze on multi
Light=Lumenarc

yea...so I have a few...i love em all

 

[jhale]

auto top off
skimmer
doser
little diver stuck in a giant clam that bubbles


and possibly fritz's secret reef formula, I heard it may be available soon

 

[LeslieS]

little diver stuck in a giant clam that bubbles

me too. my next purchase will be the treasure chest that opens and closes.

 

[fritz]

Wow these are odd responses. My Auto Top off is great as it maintains my salinity and makes life for me much easier but I wouldn't trade an RO/DI for it. Same with my skimmer, I'd take the bigger skimmer over ATO anyday. Halides also, wouldn't trade those for ATO.

Same goes for a doser or my RK2. I think if my corals could talk they would say:

1. Ro/DI
2. Pump
3. Halides
4. Skimmer

 

[jhale]

you can't break up all the important components of a reef tank.

It's like asking which is your favorite organ, you need them all

 

[tosiek]

yeah, but i doubt you would say your anus to be your favorite of all body parts jhale. unless you have issues like that or are into that sorta thing......

I always liked the floating dog with the diving helmet better than the guy in the clam.

http://www.pets-warehouse.com/Vpasp/shopexd.asp?id=99181
or
http://www.pets-warehouse.com/Vpasp/shopexd.asp?id=99183

 

[fritz]

Yeah but that's why I tried to break it down in terms of upgrades. It seems like most people get into reefing trying to cut corners. Most people may not start out with halides, or the skimmer that they end up keeping. Many on this board (myself included) didn't start with an RO/DI, and had flow provived by a few Maxi-jets. I tried to pose the question more along the idea of which upgrade or major purchase was the best for you.

Being that I was wise enough to use tap water for one year I'm biased that way. My Ro/DI and phosban reactor were the best things I did for myself and my reef. If I wasn't such a fool and started with RO/DI I would probably feel differently.

I agree with your statement though, if I had to pick my most valuable piece of equipment, well I couldn't. It WOULD be like saying "which organ is most important." However, I could say which educated addition/upgrade I made to my existing reef that had the biggest impact.

 

[tosiek]

I think the post was stated the wrong way, should be the best upgrade you made to your tank, not what is the best thing you bought, because you might not know it till you upgrade to something better (or worse in some cases) =0)