Brand New 8 gallon bio cube
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Thank you! BTW...Can you mix macro algae with live coral? Should you? Or are you better off having a lush green tank or just live rock and coral? I didn't know until yesterday we could even support live coral with our lighting. Is one healthier than the other?
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The 8 gallon science project we have going on is not cheap. I'm trying to keep our costs as low as I can, but keep the tank healthy as well. I haven't figured out how to find used items on here yet, but I was told it was here. I'm totally cool with second hand equipment and supplies.
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You can have macro algae in your display with coral, especially softies and lps. You can get alot of color and movement pretty inexpensively with discoma mushrooms, green star polyps, clove polyps and really attractive zoanthids (as long as they don't have super hero or trust fund names). Now these corals are super hardy and grow fast and can out compete more advanced corals but have low light requirements and are more resistant to parameter swings.
Be prepared that later, if you decide to go in a different direction you may have to change out your rocks as these guys are almost impossible to kill. On the upside you might be able to trade/sell your grown out softies for new rock and other frags.
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Best container to store purchased water? Prefer 1 gallon containers. My bio cube stand will hold 2 of these. I'd be able to have 1 for top off and 1 salt. Is spring water safe for top off? Is there ( I don't know exactly what this is yet...) An inexpensive ro/di that connects to a kitchen sink?
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Bulk reef supply and spectrapure both have reasonable rodi unit kits. You need to check with your municipality to make sure that they are not using chloramine heavily, if they are you with need a 6 stage unit.
For your containers I would try target, walmart or Amazon.
For your containers I would try target, walmart or Amazon.
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Unless you're on well water, you likely have chlorine or chloramine. An RODI unit is your best bet.
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Your local fish store might be able to tell you whether its chlorine or chloromine. Yes your LFS should be able to check for you, but they probably already know especially if they have their own system.
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