Is this everything I need for a 75g tank

dangerfish

dangerfish

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Is this all the filtration I need

Eshopps Gen. II PSK-100 Skimmer Rated 75-100g tank

Tunze Turbelle Nanostream Water Circulation Pumps

API Saltwater Master Liquid Test Kit

Salinity Refractometer for Reef Aquarium Ocean

Tank

Marineland Penguin BIO-Wheel Power Filters

Aqueon Submersible Aquarium Heaters

Aquatic Fundamentals 75 Gallon Upright Aquarium Stand

Led lights 40.00 Current USA Orbit Marine Aquarium LED Light

ESHOPPS REFUGIUM R-100, 75-125G, 2ND GENERATION

eshopps curve refugium light

RO/DI Dual Outlet Drinking water/Aquarium Filter Core System Clear Housings 75G

***** glass thermonmeter
 
snakeblitz33

snakeblitz33

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Black or blue paint to paint the back glass.

Refractometer to measure salinity

Ten gallon tank to mix saltwater for water changes

Five gallon bucket for water changes

Gravel vac or siphon tube for water changes

Turkey baster for cleaning off rocks

Scrapers (Kent marine is pretty good) for getting the coralline off the glass

Saltwater mixing pump - like a maxijet 1200.

I'd get a jebao wp powerhead or the new gen pump over the Tunze, but its whatever your budget allows.

Baby bottle brush to clean the protein skimmer and other components

Live rock
Live sand

I'd invest in an RO/DI unit and extra filters for all of your water needs. Good to cook with clean water too.

I'd have some 5g emergency jugs of water as well.

Extra penguin filters.

Carbon and a pouch for the extra carbon. You could also try something that also has a phosphate removal media (GFO)

Just a few thoughts.
 
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robertmathern1

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Those are kind of like unicorns I hear they exist but I have never seen one. I like salifert but they dont sell a whole kit. However just to start you cycle you only really need ammonia and then pick up nitrite then nitrate. They dont have to be all at once your tank will not cycle that fast. Then get PH and calcium and ALK when you think you want to add corals.
 
Kristin1234

Kristin1234

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robertmathern1 said:
Those are kind of like unicorns I hear they exist but I have never seen one. I like salifert but they dont sell a whole kit. However just to start you cycle you only really need ammonia and then pick up nitrite then nitrate. They dont have to be all at once your tank will not cycle that fast. Then get PH and calcium and ALK when you think you want to add corals.
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This. I got one at a time. Except my Hanna checker and red sea kit. Those were bought together.
 
beth

beth

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I would get the best skimmer that you can afford that will fit well with how you are placing it. I'd go with a higher rating than a 75 (which is what your tank size is).

If you plan to have fish, then seriously think about setting up a basic quarantine tank. You can do it for around $100 and you will save money by using it properly and avoid loosing fish to diseases, stress, etc., or having to deal with fish that have contaminated your tank with fish diseases. Makes keeping fish a lot more pleasant.
 
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robertmathern1

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If I was in your shoes I would use the API kit since you have it. Just keep in mind they are not very accurate so look at the results as a ball park rather than exact numbers. And when you go to your LFS take a sample of water with you to compare. And pick up tests as you go. Honestly you will probably only buy a entire kit one time after that you will be buy certain pieces as you run out and just pick up a better kits then. It will help keep costs down.
 
dangerfish

dangerfish

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beth said:
I would get the best skimmer that you can afford that will fit well with how you are placing it. I'd go with a higher rating than a 75 (which is what your tank size is).

If you plan to have fish, then seriously think about setting up a basic quarantine tank. You can do it for around $100 and you will save money by using it properly and avoid loosing fish to diseases, stress, etc., or having to deal with fish that have contaminated your tank with fish diseases. Makes keeping fish a lot more pleasant.
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I already got the protein skimmer, stand, and refugium but I dont have anything else also my grandma gave me a double tank stand with a tank and a freshwater light and I was wondering can I use this for my quaritine its a 20g tall tank. what else would I need except for a filter
 
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robertmathern1

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For a QT tank you dont really even need a filter but would not hurt. Most just use a sponge filter that they toos in there tank for bacteria to colonize on it then toss it in the qt tank when they need it. that way if you have to treat a fish with say copper after your done you can just toss the sponge and not break the bank.
 
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robertmathern1

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Not for a qt. I am talking the foam blocks that look similar to this

https://www.saltwaterfish.com/product-eheim-coarse-foam-cartridges-for-skim350-2-pk

not sure of the size of the one in the link. You would need one thats fairly decent size. There cheap and work. All your looking for is something you can place in your tank then when you buy a fish you can swap in over to the qt to give the qt tank enough biological filtration that it wont cycle. Then you can throw it away when done. But if your going to add a biowheel that would be good to just place the filters in your tank to colonize bacteria. Then when you buy a fish remover the filters from your tank and put them in the biowheel. I even use old tank water to save a little on salt and also gets the fish accustomed to the conditions of its new home once its out of QT.
 
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