Hello~
my name is Andy, currently living in the Chino hills area of socal, and so new to the hobby i haven't even started yet.
i started out about a year ago on freshwater with a cichlid tank, admittedly the tank i own is small for these fish so i have been looking to upgrade. i recently purchased a 80g tank and plan to add coast to coast ghost to external overflow (even thats even the right way to say it?) with a 29g sump. the initial purpose was to practice setting up the sump with pipes for the eventual change to saltwater.
But now, instead of upgrading to a larger freshwater, i now want to give saltwater a try...
but with all things i needed to speak to the treasury department, having had my application veto'ed i gave up and just took my wife to a reef shop. long story short, she wants a bigger tank for SW then the 80g.
having looked on CL ive found a nice acrylic 120, hopefully it will be still available in the morning. i plan to use the same setup as with the 80g (C2C beanainmal) and now this is where im having problems.
the plan is to eventually have a reef/fish setup but for now its going to be a fish only tank.
the things i plan to buy are:
live rock
live sand
skimmer
sump/plumbing
return pump
LED lights
ro-di/plumbing
wavemaker
whilst talking to the owner of the reef shop a few things he said to me were different from what i have been reading, so if anyone can help teach a beginner it would be much appreciated.
he said:
"dont bother with a refuge, just go with a over sized skimmer". i asked him about copapods, he replied "enough will be made in the tank" im not to sure what to think of this. truth be told i was quite convinced with what he was saying. his tanks looked very beautiful. so my question is, is true? and if so what would be a good oversized skimmer for a 120g be?
im sure i'll have many other questions along the way, i will be sure to post on the appropriate threads since this is really and meet and greet, so sorry for the long post and hi!
Andy
my name is Andy, currently living in the Chino hills area of socal, and so new to the hobby i haven't even started yet.
i started out about a year ago on freshwater with a cichlid tank, admittedly the tank i own is small for these fish so i have been looking to upgrade. i recently purchased a 80g tank and plan to add coast to coast ghost to external overflow (even thats even the right way to say it?) with a 29g sump. the initial purpose was to practice setting up the sump with pipes for the eventual change to saltwater.
But now, instead of upgrading to a larger freshwater, i now want to give saltwater a try...
but with all things i needed to speak to the treasury department, having had my application veto'ed i gave up and just took my wife to a reef shop. long story short, she wants a bigger tank for SW then the 80g.
having looked on CL ive found a nice acrylic 120, hopefully it will be still available in the morning. i plan to use the same setup as with the 80g (C2C beanainmal) and now this is where im having problems.
the plan is to eventually have a reef/fish setup but for now its going to be a fish only tank.
the things i plan to buy are:
live rock
live sand
skimmer
sump/plumbing
return pump
LED lights
ro-di/plumbing
wavemaker
whilst talking to the owner of the reef shop a few things he said to me were different from what i have been reading, so if anyone can help teach a beginner it would be much appreciated.
he said:
"dont bother with a refuge, just go with a over sized skimmer". i asked him about copapods, he replied "enough will be made in the tank" im not to sure what to think of this. truth be told i was quite convinced with what he was saying. his tanks looked very beautiful. so my question is, is true? and if so what would be a good oversized skimmer for a 120g be?
im sure i'll have many other questions along the way, i will be sure to post on the appropriate threads since this is really and meet and greet, so sorry for the long post and hi!
Andy
