WTB: 55+ Gallon Complete Setup
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Ideally I'd like a reef, but I'm a broke college student, so I'm more than likely going to have to work my way up to that. Maybe I'll start with a FOWLR setup until I can afford lights and the other necessary equipment for a full reef. As far as space goes, it's pretty limited at the moment, but I could probably make any reasonable size work. I'll be moving into a much bigger place in the fall, so I'm ok with the tank taking up half my living room for a couple months.
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If you are moving in the fall I would suggest buying the stuff and learning all you can asking as many questions as you can think of and then by fall you should have most of your equipment and a good understnading of what is required. Then setup you reef!
Otherwise you will be moving a tank that just finished its cycle and is still realitive unstable, which could lead to livestock loss and other issues.
If you are moving in the fall I would suggest buying the stuff and learning all you can asking as many questions as you can think of and then by fall you should have most of your equipment and a good understnading of what is required. Then setup you reef!
Otherwise you will be moving a tank that just finished its cycle and is still realitive unstable, which could lead to livestock loss and other issues.
If your looking to do a FO or FOWLR this would be a great start.
I have:
55 gallon + stand
enough crushed coral for atleast 1.5" to 2.5" sand bed *
2 bulb 48" T5ho light with fan(bulbs probably need to be replaced)
1 bulb T12 light with 6500k bulb
1 canister filter with extra replacement pads and media(I had it running on my main tank but I stopped it. I can restart it to get it seeded with bacteria if you like)
Several glass lids.
Then I have approximately 40lbs of dead rock that I would need to bleach and acid bath before I would sell. The filter would help seed this if you wanted to cycle it, but I would recommend not adding the crushed coral if you are going to move your tank soon.
I was thinking about $150 or so.
You would probably need an additional powerhead or two to improve flow.
If you did an intank fuge(would require adding a baffle, a small light, and something like a maxijet 1200) and some additional lighting, you could definitely get a reef tank going as this would improve filtration a lot.
Where are you located?
I have:
55 gallon + stand
enough crushed coral for atleast 1.5" to 2.5" sand bed *
2 bulb 48" T5ho light with fan(bulbs probably need to be replaced)
1 bulb T12 light with 6500k bulb
1 canister filter with extra replacement pads and media(I had it running on my main tank but I stopped it. I can restart it to get it seeded with bacteria if you like)
Several glass lids.
Then I have approximately 40lbs of dead rock that I would need to bleach and acid bath before I would sell. The filter would help seed this if you wanted to cycle it, but I would recommend not adding the crushed coral if you are going to move your tank soon.
I was thinking about $150 or so.
You would probably need an additional powerhead or two to improve flow.
If you did an intank fuge(would require adding a baffle, a small light, and something like a maxijet 1200) and some additional lighting, you could definitely get a reef tank going as this would improve filtration a lot.
Where are you located?
Well I wouldn't be converting a saltwater to freshwater with that setup, it would be salt water fowlr until I moved, but I'm starting to get the feeling even that would be a huge pain in the ***. It's just hard to wait several months when you get your mind set on something, but by then I'll probably have more money to get exactly what I want.
If you can make it down, http://www.marinecolorado.org/forums/showthread.php?13319-Stunning-90-rr-inwall-tank, this would be a great setup. I think it says $350 for the whole thing. You don't even need to upgrade 