Alright here's a little update!
I ended up going to the LFS last week to get some fish, and I saw an Evolve 8 on sale for 35$. I had to get it.
I have some extra change now from this Christmas and I though I would look into a controller system. I like the idea of getting a Reefkeeper lite to control the temp, Ph, and lighting. I just don't know if it's worth it, though. Anyone have an testimonials for these? It would be money for live stock and other goodies if not a reefkeeper. I think I'm going to set this thing up this weekend.
How do you suggest doing so? I planned on black sand and dry rock with a couple pounds of cured live rock to get it going. I don't want to introduce any pests.
As for live stock, thanks to Bill, I plan on a shrimp/goby combo. I'm gonna check out some stuff Saturday at the LFS. Last time I saw a beautiful ORA Black Ice Clown for $49.99, and was so tempted. I don't know how it would fare in an 8 gallon nano. I want to the bioload very low because coral is my main focus.
I'm going to make a refugium with some chaeto in the first chamber. I'm going to split it into three chambers, so in the first will be Chaeto, second will be a Filter pad, Chemipure elite, purigen, and maybe phosguard,
Merry Christmas! Well, late. Haha.
I was so tempted to get more but held off. My Ammonia and Nitrites were at 0, and my Nitrates are around 5. I need to test Phosphates tomorrow. I plan on adding a nitrate removing pad and I adding chemi pure and purigen tonight, too. The Zoas opened up fully in about 30 minutes after acclimation. So far, so good! I will restrain myself from all the nice SPS frags. They had so many so cheap.. Next week I will look into more LPS and Zoas. I want a cool torch or frogspawn, and I saw a cool orange galexea frag.
