Hello everybody - Aquarium Advice

rm86100 · 08-19-2009, 08:31 PM

Hello everybody, I am new here. My wife and I have just recently started on this hobby or saltwater tanks. We recently started a 10 gal 2 months ago and we have had no issues and everything has worked great!.

We are ready to get something a little bigger and need your advise.

We are planning on setting up a 38 gallon tank which is about 36" wide I think. In this one I want to have fish, and some anemones and possibly corals. What lighting do you think would be good. I was thinking something T5.

Any advise would be great.

Thanks alot
-Ricardo

Zer0 · 08-19-2009, 08:37 PM

Well, your a far way from nems because they need tanks to be mature, and usually thats about 5-6 months once the tank has been established. Corals and fish are all doable.

And yeah, T5 lighting would be great for a tank like that.

WELCOME!! TO AA!!

HN1 · 08-19-2009, 09:01 PM

Welcome to AA!

I agree that you will need to likely wait to add any nem. Also for lighting I'd think 6 bulb T5 or halide is the way to go. Not sure though...

Zer0 · 08-19-2009, 09:15 PM

Yeah i was thinking the same thing, but since its a smaller tank, do you think they could get away with smaller light? Maybe like a 2 bulb PC fixture and a 2 bulb T5? Idk.. it really all depends on what they want.

rm86100 · 08-19-2009, 09:42 PM

Thanks for the advise so far. I know its hard to take on a hobby like this and try to keep cost down. Does anybody know of a good website where I can get the most bang for my buck?

Thanks in advance

jessicasmarine · 08-19-2009, 09:54 PM

Always try Craigslist first, seems to be an aquarists dream lately.

jessicasmarine · 08-19-2009, 10:00 PM

WOW! I just did a search in charlotte, NC and you have the mother load of equipment at your dispersal for good prices on craigslist. Its only a 7 hour drive for me...I might go instead...lol
just go to craigslist.org and search "aquarium"

Zer0 · 08-19-2009, 10:01 PM

Aquacave.com is a nice place. Plus their shipping is like 4$. Theres other places like marineandreef.com that have free shipping for orders over 150$ Premiumaquatics.com Just some places i can think of off the top of my head.

HN1 · 08-19-2009, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Zer0

Yeah i was thinking the same thing, but since its a smaller tank, do you think they could get away with smaller light? Maybe like a 2 bulb PC fixture and a 2 bulb T5? Idk.. it really all depends on what they want.

The shorter the bulb, the lower the output. A Nem is going to require quite a lot of light.

rm86100- Check out your local reef club. Chances are that you can find good used equipment locally.

rm86100 · 08-20-2009, 12:09 AM

Has anybody had any experience with anything like this? Do you guys think this would work for what I'm trying to eventually accomplish
Coralife 24 Inch Aqualight W/ 2-65W Straight Pin Base And 2-3/4W Lunar Blue-Moon-Glow LED Lamps Images

or will this work better?
http://www.aquabuys.com/page/aqb/PROD/nov_4x_36

what do you think about using two of these?
http://www.aquabuys.com/page/aqb/PROD/nov_2x_36_sw I guess it would be the same as the one above. 4x36?