New equipment (opinions)

[Rueda]

I am coming close to beginning my first salt water tank. I will be doing fish and coral. Here is my equipment so far:

• 30gal Hexagon Tank
• Aquarium Heater 10in 200 Watt - Up to 55 Gal
• Aqueon Quite Flow %0 Pro
• Hydor Slim Skim Nano Internal Protein Skimmer 23-35gal
• LCD Digital Aquarium Thermometer
• Salinity Refractometer
• (2) Hydor Nano Evolution 240gph Wavemaker
• 0PPM Portable 100gpd RO + DI Filtration System
• TDS Meter
• AI Prime HD LED

Pending is

• Carib Sea 20lbs live sand
• 20lbs live rock (Fiji)
• Power strip surge protector
• Instant Ocean Sea Salt Mix
• API Saltwater Master Test Kit

What do you guys think about the equipment so far? Any tips once I begin to cure the live rocks?

 

Thanks to all

[RIP Sebastian]

I am coming close to beginning my first salt water tank. I will be doing fish and coral. Here is my equipment so far:

• 30gal Hexagon Tank
• Aquarium Heater 10in 200 Watt - Up to 55 Gal
• Aqueon Quite Flow %0 Pro
• Hydor Slim Skim Nano Internal Protein Skimmer 23-35gal
• LCD Digital Aquarium Thermometer
• Salinity Refractometer
• (2) Hydor Nano Evolution 240gph Wavemaker
• 0PPM Portable 100gpd RO + DI Filtration System
• TDS Meter
• AI Prime HD LED

Pending is

• Carib Sea 20lbs live sand
• 20lbs live rock (Fiji)
• Power strip surge protector
• Instant Ocean Sea Salt Mix
• API Saltwater Master Test Kit

What do you guys think about the equipment so far? Any tips once I begin to cure the live rocks?

 

Thanks to all

 

I would reconsider that 30 gallon hexagon. Hard to do regular maintenance.

 

Nick

[Clown79]

It all seems fine.

 

Hex can be harder to maintain as some have stated but others have been successful.

 

The powerhead is too weak in a 30g.

 

You may want to reconsider with these options.

 

Jebao rw-4 or sw-2 wavemaker

Sicce

Hydor 420

[asting]

Looks good. You'll want an extra cheap themometer, heater, and powerheads for water changes. You can get those off ebay for under $20.

 

Which aqueon filter is it? Should be plenty of flow with 480gph from the powerheads plus whatever the filter spits out. Also add in skimmer flow. It won't be a high flow tank, but should have enough.

 

You still need a glass cleaner.

[Clown79]

My apologies, i didn't see it was 2 powerheads.

 

Are you planning the hydor wavemaker? Check reviews online, i thought i read complaints on them.

[Rueda]

Looks good. You'll want an extra cheap themometer, heater, and powerheads for water changes. You can get those off ebay for under $20.

 

Which aqueon filter is it? Should be plenty of flow with 480gph from the powerheads plus whatever the filter spits out. Also add in skimmer flow. It won't be a high flow tank, but should have enough.

 

You still need a glass cleaner.

you say extra powerheads for the water changes? I don't understand. I get all the other stuff as extras incase the primary ones break. Do you mean the same for the powerhead?

 

The Aqueon filter is quite pro 50 gallons.

 

I have a Mag-Float for the glass.

 

Which reminds me, I have a Eheim battery powered vaccum which I use to use in the fresh water tank to clean the gravel. Will it work fine for sand?

[asting]

What I mean is you will want a spare powerhead to mix your new water during water changes. Similarly you'll want to heat it up, hence the second heater and thermometer.

 

You can just pull them out of your tank every time but it is a royal pain.

[Clown79]

Ya, most of us have the powerhead(s) and heater for our tank but have an additional powerhead and heater for mixing our salt water for waterchanges.

 

The powerhead oxygenates the water and helps with mixing the salt, the heater is so your new water matches the temp of the tank so the livestock don't get shocked by temp changes.

 

The vacuum should work but the battery may suck up sand and water to fast. Sand is much lighter than fresh water gravel.

 

I use a vacuum with a small hose so that the water sucked up goes slow so i hsve time to grab all the nasty stuff in the water and in the sand. You don't want to vacuum up the sand.

[Rueda]

What I mean is you will want a spare powerhead to mix your new water during water changes. Similarly you'll want to heat it up, hence the second heater and thermometer.

 

You can just pull them out of your tank every time but it is a royal pain.

oo ok I got ya, makes sense. I will do that

Ya, most of us have the powerhead(s) and heater for our tank but have an additional powerhead and heater for mixing our salt water for waterchanges.

 

The powerhead oxygenates the water and helps with mixing the salt, the heater is so your new water matches the temp of the tank so the livestock don't get shocked by temp changes.

 

The vacuum should work but the battery may suck up sand and water to fast. Sand is much lighter than fresh water gravel.

 

I use a vacuum with a small hose so that the water sucked up goes slow so i hsve time to grab all the nasty stuff in the water and in the sand. You don't want to vacuum up the sand.

I will look into other options for cleaning the sand and just sell the Eheim on ebay