Hello!
I bought my fiance a 29 gallon coffee table fish tank for his birthday a few months ago. I knew he was interested in keeping fish and I figured I'd have nothing to do with it (I'm dog lover, and fish can't give me kisses and keep me warm at night). WRONG! I'm am totally obsessed now, I spend hours looking at the tank and trying to figure out what to do next with it. I also spend hours pouring over forums on this website. I have pretty much taken over all tank operations (I should prob just get him a replacement gift lol).
So, I want to try my hand at SW (then maybe he can have his FW tank back). I have been doing much research over the past few weeks. I probably won't get a tank started for at least 6 months (until after our wedding), but I am condsidering buying some equipment in the meantime in order to lighten the load on my wallet when I do start.
I don't want to go too small for my first SW tank, to leave more room for errors and learning curves. I am leaning toward a JBJ 28 Gallon Nano Cube LED Intermediate Series Aquarium. I am looking for tips and advice on that system. It seems the be the best deal for the price. I would like to grow a variety of corals, and from what I know (which is next to nothing), the stock light should be able to handle it. I have read that many ppl add a third pump to the tank. Is that optimal or is just replacing the stock pumps better? I see that the matching stand can accomodate a chiller, would it be able to accomodate a small sump? Has anyone tried a sump in this system? Is it worth purchasing the matching stand (I don't really like the look of it)? I plan on doing the refugium conversion. Should a RO/DI filter system be part of my initial purchases? I just curious with the sump, I probably won't try it unless I upgrade to a larger system some day.
More questions to come...
I bought my fiance a 29 gallon coffee table fish tank for his birthday a few months ago. I knew he was interested in keeping fish and I figured I'd have nothing to do with it (I'm dog lover, and fish can't give me kisses and keep me warm at night). WRONG! I'm am totally obsessed now, I spend hours looking at the tank and trying to figure out what to do next with it. I also spend hours pouring over forums on this website. I have pretty much taken over all tank operations (I should prob just get him a replacement gift lol).
So, I want to try my hand at SW (then maybe he can have his FW tank back). I have been doing much research over the past few weeks. I probably won't get a tank started for at least 6 months (until after our wedding), but I am condsidering buying some equipment in the meantime in order to lighten the load on my wallet when I do start.
I don't want to go too small for my first SW tank, to leave more room for errors and learning curves. I am leaning toward a JBJ 28 Gallon Nano Cube LED Intermediate Series Aquarium. I am looking for tips and advice on that system. It seems the be the best deal for the price. I would like to grow a variety of corals, and from what I know (which is next to nothing), the stock light should be able to handle it. I have read that many ppl add a third pump to the tank. Is that optimal or is just replacing the stock pumps better? I see that the matching stand can accomodate a chiller, would it be able to accomodate a small sump? Has anyone tried a sump in this system? Is it worth purchasing the matching stand (I don't really like the look of it)? I plan on doing the refugium conversion. Should a RO/DI filter system be part of my initial purchases? I just curious with the sump, I probably won't try it unless I upgrade to a larger system some day.
More questions to come...
