My first salt setup

[Deubie Doo]

My first SW setup was a 55 with a 125 skimmer, 65 lbs of live rock, 2 60 gallon HOB's, and 2 200 GPH powerheads so I was pretty much where you were, even living in Ohio. I checked out a snowflake as one of my first choices, but they make a terrible mess, and bio-load gets pushed so I passed on it. If you do go with the eel keep in mind you will be doing a lot of water changes. I don't think your equipment is unnecessary, in fact I think it sounds good, but I think you should use more live rock and invest in some powerheads.

I used the powerheads for extra flow on my soft corals, it helps them get food and if nothing else it makes them sway more beautifully in the water. Good luck!

Ok thank you! The powerhead I have in now is filling my tank up with bubbles like crazy but hot sure if it's getting enough current to the rock were the coral will be. Is their a way to tell if it's getting enough?

 

[Davis102613]

Ok thank you! The powerhead I have in now is filling my tank up with bubbles like crazy but hot sure if it's getting enough current to the rock were the coral will be. Is their a way to tell if it's getting enough?

You may try asking that in the Coral sub-forum, I always use way more current than necessary. Make sure you buy at least decent powerheads though, my first go I bought cheapos and ended up paying for new ones after a few months. Though I wouldn't dismiss Miguel's advice, snowflake's don't seem to move around a lot so space shouldn't really be an issue, but they do make a mess. Constant water changes in a reef system for a dirty inhabitant gets old quick, trust me.

One other thing I ended up buying was a UV sterilizer, which while not necessary is rather nice.

 

[Aw3s0m3]

Ok thank you! The powerhead I have in now is filling my tank up with bubbles like crazy but hot sure if it's getting enough current to the rock were the coral will be. Is their a way to tell if it's getting enough?

How many gph is it rated at? I personally like having 2 powerheads on opposite sides of the tank pointed at eachother so that when they crash, it distributes the water everywhere and so that the corals get even flow throughout instead if from just 1 side


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