Saltwater Fish Tanks

Flying05 · 06-10-2013, 02:39 PM

Great tank, but you can have a nice reef set up for much much cheaper. I had a 45 gal full reef tank that had everything tucked under the stand. Protein skimmer, powerheads, t5's, and led lighting. My nitrates were always close to zero. Though I did use a 5 stage RO/DI as well. Now granted it did not have some of the corals that required metal halide lighting, but I had plenty of great corals.

My setup was easy on maintenance and everything I chose in terms of fish and corals were more on the hardy side. But there are plenty of great options to choose that are not overly difficult to take care of nor expensive. You could have a nice 55 startup for several thousand. But can grow from there.

But if your going all out like the guy above, yeah it's very expensive. But don't let his setup scare you. That is "hardcore" and not needed to have something nice.

KingOfJericho · 06-10-2013, 02:48 PM

My 54 corner was a full on reef with many stonys but I had a chiller and halides. The one thing I rarely used was the skimmer. I could never set the thing up right and one time it siphoned out half the water in my tank over night. Just more trouble than it was worth.

ShopVac · 06-10-2013, 03:27 PM

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My 54 corner was a full on reef with many stonys but I had a chiller and halides. The one thing I rarely used was the skimmer. I could never set the thing up right and one time it siphoned out half the water in my tank over night. Just more trouble than it was worth.

Guessing your skimmer wasn't in sump? Mine will act odd once every blue moon where it will do that, but it will overflow right back into the sump.

I know if I put a brand new filter sock in I'd get that, so I just empty out the skimmer first, and let it go through its PMS moment.

jaco · 06-10-2013, 06:19 PM

Coast to Coast is in NJ and they make a good tank.

The Nuvo 38 is nice and Deep Blue now has some cool sizes out now.

06-10-2013, 07:24 PM

Looks like you need a meth lab to operate one of these things

ShopVac · 06-10-2013, 08:44 PM

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Looks like you need a meth lab to operate one of these things

People in my neighborhood think I'm growing dope. You can see half the house light up purple a 1/4 mile down the road at night.

KingOfJericho · 06-11-2013, 06:40 AM

I always used to joke that it looked like aliens were landing in our living room. Just light beaming out of every window.

06-10-2013, 02:39 PM	#23
Flying05 Captain 1306 Rep 957 Posts Drives: 2022 G80 M3 6MT Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: ATL iTrader: (0)	Great tank, but you can have a nice reef set up for much much cheaper. I had a 45 gal full reef tank that had everything tucked under the stand. Protein skimmer, powerheads, t5's, and led lighting. My nitrates were always close to zero. Though I did use a 5 stage RO/DI as well. Now granted it did not have some of the corals that required metal halide lighting, but I had plenty of great corals. My setup was easy on maintenance and everything I chose in terms of fish and corals were more on the hardy side. But there are plenty of great options to choose that are not overly difficult to take care of nor expensive. You could have a nice 55 startup for several thousand. But can grow from there. But if your going all out like the guy above, yeah it's very expensive. But don't let his setup scare you. That is "hardcore" and not needed to have something nice. __________________ [/SIGPIC]
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KingOfJericho Major General 2452 Rep 7,341 Posts Drives: Yes Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: CT iTrader: (1) Garage List 2010 135i Coupe [5.26]	My 54 corner was a full on reef with many stonys but I had a chiller and halides. The one thing I rarely used was the skimmer. I could never set the thing up right and one time it siphoned out half the water in my tank over night. Just more trouble than it was worth. __________________ The views and opinions expressed in this post are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Bimmerpost. 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee High Altitude Hemi \| 2010 S4 Sold \| 2010 BMW 135i Retired \| 2006 Lotus Exige Sold
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jaco Captain 44 Rep 598 Posts Drives: 2011 E90 M3 SSII Join Date: May 2010 Location: Indy iTrader: (2)	Coast to Coast is in NJ and they make a good tank. The Nuvo 38 is nice and Deep Blue now has some cool sizes out now. __________________ Jacob 2015 Chevy SS In 2011 E90 M3 DCT SSII Out
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KingOfJericho Major General 2452 Rep 7,341 Posts Drives: Yes Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: CT iTrader: (1) Garage List 2010 135i Coupe [5.26]	I always used to joke that it looked like aliens were landing in our living room. Just light beaming out of every window. __________________ The views and opinions expressed in this post are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Bimmerpost. 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee High Altitude Hemi \| 2010 S4 Sold \| 2010 BMW 135i Retired \| 2006 Lotus Exige Sold
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