ptbmaniac
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Well I figure that it is time to start my tank thread! I am so excited as this has been 10 years in the making. I still have a little more work to do on the floor before I can get my tank up and running. It is hard to do anything quick as I have suffered a pretty bad back injury so this hobby is perfect for me as it is also slow going. I guess I will start with everything that I have purchased. It should be enough to get going.The tank is a Red Sea Max 250. I have not set it up yet,but I do know that I have a scrape on my stand. Should be no big deal as I can just spray paint it. I already had "The Conscientious Marine Aquarist 1st Edition" and "Reef Invertebrates:An Essential guide to selection,care,and compatibility". I also purchased "The Conscientious Marine Aquarist 2nd Edition". I have subscriptions to every aquarium magazine that I could find and my wife and I also joined a local Reef Club. Should be good to go with that kind of thing as I also Frequent this website and others. Question will definitely be asked.This might be in random order but I am going to list everything that I have purchased so far. As for equipment I have purchased Steve's Leds 95% complete upgrade kit with the typhon/case/6 ft extention.*http://shop.stevesleds.com/Red-Sea-M...Redsea-250.htmand the Intank media basket*http://shop.mediabaskets.com/Red-Sea...t-RSM250MR.htm*with filter floss pads, CPE and Purigen.I have multiple battery backup pumps,hosing,and airstones, with a couple battery backup power sources to be added later! I also purchased a digital thermometer and a portable refractometer.As for testing supplies I have purchased Hanna checkers Colorimeter sethttp://www.marinedepot.com/Hanna_Ins...TEMOID-vi.html*for Phosphate,Alkalinity,Calcium,and PH. I also bought a Salifert Magnesium test kit and an API Saltwater test kit for early on.For acclimation I bought the Reef Gently AccliMate kit in both sizes.http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...m?pcatid=20398*I have also picked up multiple types of nets and tongs.As for additives to start with I purchased the Marine Pro Kit XLhttp://store.acrylictankmanufacturin...de=ATM%2DMPKXL*and Purple Up. I will get other stuff as I need it later on.I have ordered 3 bags of Caribsea Aragonite Seaflor special grade sand and I am going to get around 80 to 95 lbs of mixed base rock and live rock. I will also be purchasing pre-mixed water from the LFS because I have no access to a sink to hook up an rodi unit which totally sucks.So for now that is where I am at.