uh.oh...
Aquarium Advice Freak
So I took the Salty plunge, and acquired a 110g tank from a friend. I hadn't intended on it yet, b/c of obvious size issues, and the initial monetary expenditure, but what I got was too amazing to pass up. The tank had been up and running for 4 years before I moved it, and my friend had mostly been breeding coral frags. Although he sold almost all the corals, what I got was:
And he spent about 2 hours helping me and 2 other guys + essential girlfriends move the tank and stand. Oh, and he came by later to deliver some magazines and books lying around that he had about reefs. So, all this cost me $700 (i think it was well worth it), and what I really want to know now, is what else, besides another compact fluorescent bulb and a light timer, do i need? I'm not going to lie, my freshwater experience of about 3 months has left me a bit overwhelmed atm. I'm leaving in about an hour to get some water tested by this awesome LFS i just discovered (Mountains to Sea in Asheville, NC), so I'll post the results they give me up later. Any advice would be appreciated!
- 300lbs live rock
- 1 dottyback
- uncountable number of snails, 4 hermit crabs, and billions of tiny starfish
- 1 yellow tang
- 1 marine beta
- coralife hood, 1 acetic blub
- various random muchroom pollops and the like
- megaflow sump
- heater
- 3 fans
- protein skimmer
- pencil urchin ( lives in sump )
- 1200 gph return pump
- all necessary test kits (phosphate, nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, ph, magnesium, carbonate, borate, 02, hydrometer)
- flake food, pellets, enriched daphnia, frozen brine shimp, frozen krill, nori
- strontium addative, marine c, garlic guard, essential elements, purple up, carbonate addative, reef plus
- huge box of activated carbon/phosguard/malawi victoria buffer
- 50lbs salt
- E-Z double compact flourescent ballast kit (not hooked up)
- extra filter floss, a few extra power heads, extra return pump, reef epoxy
And he spent about 2 hours helping me and 2 other guys + essential girlfriends move the tank and stand. Oh, and he came by later to deliver some magazines and books lying around that he had about reefs. So, all this cost me $700 (i think it was well worth it), and what I really want to know now, is what else, besides another compact fluorescent bulb and a light timer, do i need? I'm not going to lie, my freshwater experience of about 3 months has left me a bit overwhelmed atm. I'm leaving in about an hour to get some water tested by this awesome LFS i just discovered (Mountains to Sea in Asheville, NC), so I'll post the results they give me up later. Any advice would be appreciated!
