Need your Feedback on new Nano Reef tank setup

lubeck

lubeck

Active Member
what do you think about this setup? Is there anything you would change? what am i missing?
Oceanic BioCube HQI 29 Gallon Aquarium


  • Lighting system: 150 Watt, 14,000K, double-ended HQI metal halide lamp

  • Cooling Fan: 388 mm 4,000 RPM

  • UL listed 243 gph submersible pump with adjustable discharge nozzle
    Filtration: BioCube Protein Skimmer & Filter Pad
    Refugium w/ Refugium Light Window (Refugium Light not included)
    20" Long X 20.75" Wide X 19.25" High




Corals







Assorted 3 Pack of Frags - Limit 1!








Brain Coral - Favites Maroon







Chalice - Red Echinophyllia







Mushroom Coral - Blue / Purple







ORA Birdsnest - Ponape







ORA Blue Chalice Echinopora







ORA- Green Capricornis







Zoos - Green Center Button Polyps







Equipment








American Marine Pinpoint Wireless Thermometer (includes one sensor)








Captive Purity Refractometer







Eheim Jager TruTemp 50 Watt Fully Submersible UL Approved Heater







Hydor Koralia Nano Circulation Pump/Powerhead x2







Mag-Float 30 Magnet Cleaner (Glass) - Small (up to 30gal)















Inverts




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Dwarf White Leg Hermit Crabs







20







Blueleg Hermit Crab







20







Emerald Crabs







3







Brittle Starfish







1







Peppermint Shrimp







1







Turbo/Astrea Snail







20







Cleaner Clam







2







Nassarius Snail







10







Live stock








Chaeto







ORA True Percula Clownfish - Aquacultured







Shrimpgoby - Yellow Watchman



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Sixline Wrasse




LR LS








Premium Keys Live Sand 20lbs







Ultra Premium Fiji Live Rock 45-50lbs







Test Kit








Salifert Ammonia Test Kit








Salifert Calcium Test Kit







Salifert Copper Test Kit







Salifert Dissolved Oxygen Test Kit







Salifert Iodine Test Kit







Salifert KH/Alkalinity Test Kit







Salifert Magnesium Test Kit







Salifert Nitrate Test Kit







Salifert Nitrite Test Kit







Salifert pH Test Kit







Salifert Phosphate Test Kit







Salifert Silicate Test Kit







Salifert Strontium Test Kit
 
snakeblitz33

snakeblitz33

Well-Known Member
The copper test kit, the DO test kit, the Strontium test kit, the silicate test kit and the iodine test kit are not needed unless you are going to specifically dose your tank with those chemicals. (not copper or DO of course) If you don't plan on doing water changes at all and want to dose for all of your trace elements, then go for it.
You need to pick a type of salt, natural or synthetic and stick with it. In such a small tank I recommend a salinity of 1.024 so that evap doesn't cause your salinity to shoot up past 1.026. Having SPS corals in such a small tank will be a challenge. Not having a sump on such a small tank is going to limit your ability to add additional filtration equipment. You will also want to establish your tank for at least six months before adding any SPS corals. Make sure you know how to keep your calcium and alkalinity up before you start adding SPS. Other then that it looks pretty solid.
Sorry if I have insulted your intelligence or abilities. It's late and I need to get to bed. Insomnia is a B****.
 
lubeck

lubeck

Active Member
I realized i forgot the salt and added it to the list. (Tropic Marin). Any other incites?
 
meowzer

meowzer

Moderator
I wouldn't get all those hermits, and I wouldn't put a 6line in there either
the corals you list....do you mean down the road...LIKE far downthe road??/
ALSO agree with snake...a lot of those test kitrs are unnecessary
 
lubeck

lubeck

Active Member
why not the six line? I don't plan on adding the corals for while (maybe not as long as you would wait though). I had a successful 110 gal reef tank for a few years so I know to take it slow.
 
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