wjcastiglione
Community Member
Hey all - its been probably 8+ish years since I had a reef tank. I had a bio cube and I absolutely hated it after a while because I tried to do everything - SPS coral, dosing, over stocking the tank, constant adds of fish - blah blah blah, every rookie mistake in the world really.
I think my biggest problem as a new reefer was trying to do everything all at once. Too much, too fast - I got frustrated with the tank. I got frustrated with trying to piece together random equipment in the back of the bio cube - I got frustrated having to constantly pull out everything in the back of the tank to do maintenance.
I now have an office - and I'd like to put a 20 gallon cube in it.
Heres my desired list of inhabitants:
- 2 clown fish
- Anemone
- hammers
- torches
- a leather or two
- a clean up crew
I just want a nice flowy tank that is easy to maintain. I dont want to add stuff to it nonstop - I dont want to worry about dosing.
I plan to just buy saltwater from the LFS and bring it in - so I'm not mixing saltwater in my office disrupting other people.
I DO NOT WANT TO TINKER NONSTOP - I WANT TO BUY ONE SYSTEM AND BE DONE. I just want to enjoy the peacefulness of watching the tank with as little thought or work as possible.
I do not really care what it costs (obviously within reason) - but if I can achieve a self sustaining system and it costs a pretty penny and I dont have to think much about it - that's what I'm looking for.
I'm looking for suggestions:
What AIO system would you pick? Right now I'm leaning toward the Red Sea Max Nano G2 with their 3 in 1 ATO. I've also considered waterbox.
What I like about the red sea max nano is that it seems to be extremely well thought out - even the ATO system just plugs and plays right into the system.
additionally - is there any new technology in the aspect of testing water parameters? I'd love something thats just automated to my phone - and not have to deal with reagents and taking water out of the tank with pipettes etc.
Do you have any better suggestions?
I think my biggest problem as a new reefer was trying to do everything all at once. Too much, too fast - I got frustrated with the tank. I got frustrated with trying to piece together random equipment in the back of the bio cube - I got frustrated having to constantly pull out everything in the back of the tank to do maintenance.
I now have an office - and I'd like to put a 20 gallon cube in it.
Heres my desired list of inhabitants:
- 2 clown fish
- Anemone
- hammers
- torches
- a leather or two
- a clean up crew
I just want a nice flowy tank that is easy to maintain. I dont want to add stuff to it nonstop - I dont want to worry about dosing.
I plan to just buy saltwater from the LFS and bring it in - so I'm not mixing saltwater in my office disrupting other people.
I DO NOT WANT TO TINKER NONSTOP - I WANT TO BUY ONE SYSTEM AND BE DONE. I just want to enjoy the peacefulness of watching the tank with as little thought or work as possible.
I do not really care what it costs (obviously within reason) - but if I can achieve a self sustaining system and it costs a pretty penny and I dont have to think much about it - that's what I'm looking for.
I'm looking for suggestions:
What AIO system would you pick? Right now I'm leaning toward the Red Sea Max Nano G2 with their 3 in 1 ATO. I've also considered waterbox.
What I like about the red sea max nano is that it seems to be extremely well thought out - even the ATO system just plugs and plays right into the system.
additionally - is there any new technology in the aspect of testing water parameters? I'd love something thats just automated to my phone - and not have to deal with reagents and taking water out of the tank with pipettes etc.
Do you have any better suggestions?
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