10g low-budget diy nano reef

[Nevin]

Just finished a long evening of picking up and cleaning a carload of stuff I picked up from someone who was shutting down his tank. As a result, this 10G tank won't be around much longer. I think I won't be giving away too much to say that the next one will be 20-25 gallons, have a 5.5G refugium/sump, 175W halide lighting and a basic wavemaker. New livestock includes a clownfish, tiny red goby, urchin and a large brittle star.

Perhaps most important of my new acquisitions was a humble hydrometer. While the old one was consistent, it reads about .005 lower than the new one, so it seems my SG has been around 1.030 from the start! I hope this explains why I have not been very successful with corals.

So, at present I'm left with 3 tanks running (my 10G, 5.5G with new livestock in bathroom, 25G with new LR in bedroom) while I gradually adjust the salinity. The new rock has some caulerpa here and there--will I regret it if I introduce this into my tank?

Regards,
Nevin