Starting up my very first marine tank

[Liz Sagara]

1. 40 gallon breeder tank/ hood combo at petsmart for 114.99 (will be getting rid of the stupid incandescent light fixture on top of it
http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.js…
2. Argonite crushed coral one bag 40 lbs at petsmart for 26.99
http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.js…
3. Live rock purchased at LFS cured at 5.99 a pound 40 lbs 239.60 total
4. x2 Hydor Koralia Pumps at 28.95 a piece
http://www.kensfish.com/koraliapowerhead…
5. Nova Extreme T5 Reef light 89.70 (shipping included)
http://www.marineandreef.com/ProductDeta…

Total so far = 572.84 with tax.

Will be getting the skimmer and a canister filter from someone else. I have a heater too.

Anything else I need to add as far as equipment is concerned?

Is that light good for some soft polyps?

 

[nonstophoops]

Those Koralias are too small and won't do much good. Get the Koralia 3's that push 850.

Other than that equipment look pretty good. A quality skimmer will go a long way toward success, so without knowing the brand and model there I can't fully say you are good to go.

T5's should be enough light in a shallow tank like yours to grow some polyps.

 

[Liz Sagara]

He told me AquaC EV-180 on the skimmer. He had it on a 60 gallon tank.

 

[nonstophoops]

He told me AquaC EV-180 on the skimmer. He had it on a 60 gallon tank.

WOW!!!

lol that is plenty and a great skimmer. You should be more than good to go on a 40 gallon.

 

[Liz Sagara]

It wouldn't be too much? I've heard too much skimming can starve your filter feeders.

 

[Liz Sagara]

He says he has this one too Aquarium Systems SeaClone 100 Protein Skimmer that he had on his 20 gallon tank. Would that one be better?

 

[FLESHY]

An ev series skimmer on a 60g tank...this guy and I would probably be best friends.

 

[Liz Sagara]

old family friend. I watch his kids. Thinking about running an Algae turf scrubber on it to control the "ugly" phase where algae growth makes you want to throw a brick through the front of the tank. Thoughts?

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=180385&highlight=Algae+scrubber&page=88

I've read 88 pages of it so far. Gonna try one out on my 55 gallon tank. Then my SW and see what happens. Ha ha ha.

 

[deanclark84]

might sound silly, but you didn't mention salt so I figured I'ld remind you that you need it...

 

[Liz Sagara]

Nah... I figured I'd try making them freshies. LOL. Yes I didn't bother to mention it because I figured that everyone knew that I knew that I needed to have salt in a marine tank. I plan on using Instant Ocean or premixed salt water at my LFS.