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08-20-2011, 09:09 PM
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My top purchases..... Tunze ATO..... Controller ..... Bubbleking skimmer......and I havnt purchased this yet, but good quality lighting
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260g mixed reef, 105g sump, water blaster 7000 return, Bubble King SM 300 skimmer, Aqua Controller Jr, 4 radions, 3 Tunze 6055s,1 tunze 6065, 2 Vortech MP40s, Vortech MP20, Tunze ATO, GHL SA2 doser, 2 TLF reactors (1 carbon, 1 rowa). http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=50034 . Tank Video here http://www.vimeo.com/2304609 and here http://www.vimeo.com/16591694 Last edited by fishytime; 08-21-2011 at 02:39 AM. 
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08-20-2011, 09:16 PM
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I wish i would have bought an ATO the day i set up my tank. An absolute must have.
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08-20-2011, 09:25 PM
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For those that don't know the abbreviations... ATO?
This isnt so much for me as for people who are just getting into Reef keeping. So even if you guys could give some info about why these are important aspects to reef keeping
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08-20-2011, 10:21 PM
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ATO..... auto top off
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08-20-2011, 10:53 PM
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Lighting depends on what you are thinking of keeping for corals. If you want SPS, you need good lighting. If not, you could get away with a lower quality lighting system. A good skimmer is a must. I was extremely happy with my system after I installed a tunze auto top off system. What are you considering for corals?
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08-20-2011, 11:10 PM
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RODI, skimmer, controller, doser, lighting.
one thing I have found is that if you skimp out in the beginning, you will end up paying double in the end, so, get what you want, not what you need to get by!
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08-21-2011, 02:21 AM
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08-21-2011, 12:11 PM
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Kind of subjective...
RODI, ATO and Controller are a must have? Must have for a reef: Tank, saltwater, liverock, coral, pump, light, heater. Period. That is how grandaddy did it, and that is the bare bones ones must have. My first 3 years of reefing was done with just that. You DO NOT need a skimmer You DO NOT need a wavemaker You DO NOT need light timers, calcium reactors, Media reactors, additives, UV sterilizers, probes and sumps and doohickies sticking out all over the place These are options, like the leather and heated seats in Nissans. 
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08-21-2011, 07:52 PM
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1. Metal halide lighting if keeping SPS (I'm a die-hard MH fan) or T5s for LPS.
2. Over-sized good quality skimmer (really liking the SWC cones right now...have two of them). 3. A sump. 4. At least one controlled powerhead to make changeable flow patterns. I like the Tunzes, who doesn't? 5. A Tunze ATO, no other will do imo. 6. Good fans. I like the fan "banks" with 4 in a row. One set for the sump and one set to blow across the tank's water surface to blow the heat from the lights away. Good fans can remove 4-5 degrees and can usually avoid the need of a chiller if your house has central air conditioning. Chillers suck...they are expensive to buy and run, and they add a lot of heat to the room they are operating in. I'm using el cheapo Jebo fans right now and they are working very well. 7. Dosers or a calcium reactor. I prefer dosers. 8. Good quality test kits for calcium, alkalinity, and magnesium at least. I like Elos, and am interested to try out the Hanna Checkers. 9. Media reactor for GFO. 10. An efficient water change system that makes it easy so you will do it more consistently. Last edited by Myka; 08-22-2011 at 07:43 PM. Reason: Missed something
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