tankaholic
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
HI, I'm Karen. I joined AA moments ago! For the last 6 years i have maitained a 29L freshwater. I wanted to start with reef but this setup was given to me and I wanted to see if it was something I could manage along with all my other responsibilities of wife, mother of 4 and part time work(from home). Things are good and I'm sooo ready for a reef system.
What we have now will be relocated from the living room to the office and replaced with a 50g that was a bday gift from my family plus any bigger and we would have to buy a bigger house. I have a hydrometer, and a saltwater master test kit. Sad i know. I was thinking I should get the stand next (my lfs has a nice sturdy pine stand on sale).
I've read a ton online, have books from the library, and spent 2 hours in borders this past Saturday night reading some more but I still am very nervous about starting. I feel like such a dummy even after all this reading.
I have to be careful in how I plan/budget and there are so many choices I'm affraid i'll end up wasting $.
What should my next purchase be(after the stand) lights? What I've read is the standard light that came w/ the tank won't suffice. then I was thinking livesand and salt but wait i'm forgetting filtration. Ahh that one kills me. help
What we have now will be relocated from the living room to the office and replaced with a 50g that was a bday gift from my family plus any bigger and we would have to buy a bigger house. I have a hydrometer, and a saltwater master test kit. Sad i know. I was thinking I should get the stand next (my lfs has a nice sturdy pine stand on sale).
I've read a ton online, have books from the library, and spent 2 hours in borders this past Saturday night reading some more but I still am very nervous about starting. I feel like such a dummy even after all this reading.
I have to be careful in how I plan/budget and there are so many choices I'm affraid i'll end up wasting $.
What should my next purchase be(after the stand) lights? What I've read is the standard light that came w/ the tank won't suffice. then I was thinking livesand and salt but wait i'm forgetting filtration. Ahh that one kills me. help