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Anytime and keep in mind, if you look into play sand and or pool sand and its too fine grain for you, you can buy a bag and mix it with something of a larger grain to save a few bucks that's what I did
negligent_inmate said:I don't know if you're close to pa but I have a 55 ill sell you for dirt cheap in terms of the tank, if you go with the 55, try to do a refugium/sump or a overrated hob filter, and atleast 1 decent sized powerhead. A lot of people will tell you that you don't need it but your live rock will act as a natural filter, depending on the flow of water across it, it'll either be good or weak. Putting a powerhead in to circulate water will increase the effectiveness of your live rock so for bare minimum equipment I'd say tank,sand,rock/live rock, decent light fixture, stand, bucket of salt, hydrometer, master test kit. Maybe 2 or3 generic buckets (clean),hob filter, and powerhead.
How much is a decent size powerhead? There's one at Walmart that's like 10 that does 170 whatever the unit is. Would that work?
Dang!! Two ph rated at 500 gph each? Hope you're not planning on running both in your 55.....thatll be like a tornado in that tank, I have 2 ph rated at somewhere between 350-375 gph, my emperor 400 and my 4 jet nozzle overflows running in my 125 and its got crazy flow....couldn't imagine a 55 with 2 500gph rated ph's
Scottay, I have a maxijet and have no problems with the sound. They are bulky which is my only complaint, but as far as circulation goes they are 3 times stronger than koralia for the price.
carey said:I swear by the koralia powerheads. A bit more cash by a few dollars but they have magnetic mounts.
I was running 2 750 gph in my 55g along with the fluval canister return.
In my 125g reef I'm running 2 koralia 1400gph units with a return flow of about 1000gph.
In my cube I just run a koralia 425 and the return pump.
In my 125g FW tank I even have a maxijet for some circulation.
As far as sand, I bought pool filter sand from my local home depot for $5 per 50lbs. I found the play snd to be too fine and sharp edged as I plan on having sand sifting fish.
Hope that helps, I'm a little late for this thread. LOL