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Welcome Allen! I would look at the market here for deals if you want to save a few bucks. I've also researched aquariums on FB marketplace and found a great deal. My advice would be to go as big as you can afford so you can accomplish 2 things. First, you have more water volume so mistakes will not hurt you as quickly. Two, your stock options go up and you have more real estate. If you can get your hands on a 65g, thats a great place to start. Or even a 40breeder.
Also Allen, rimless tanks are really nice. I started with a 40breeder many years ago and found that I like the look of the rimless much better. Plus, many of them use starphire glass which apparently is clearer than your standard braced tank. If you weren't planning to have a reef ready (overflow into plumbing into sump) tank, please consider that. You would of course need a return pump for that setup. Jaeger makes nice heaters but thats up to you. Read what people say about them. Your heaters can go in the sump and they ideally would be hooked up to an inkbird temp monitor as a fail safe. Skimmer goes in the sump as well.
Lighting is a little more complicated and dependent on your tank footprint. Led is huge in this hobby, but t5's are also highly regarded for extra fill light. You can do a hybrid t5/LED setup if you want too. Some good manufacturers are Ecotech, Kessil, AI, Orphek, ATI, Reefbrite and aquatic life.
Get yourself some test kits- Nitrate, Phosphate, Alkalinity, and Calcium. The big four. I use Hanna for Nitrate and phosphate and Salifert for the rest. Hanna are not cheap but they give you an exact reading if you dont like to match colors. I would also get a salifert ammonia test to see how your tank is cycling.
Protein skimmers are nice to pull out the dissolved organics in your water.
Tunze and Ecotech make really good powerheads, an essential component of water movement in your display tank. Opinions vary on these but this is an essential component to your display tank.
This is a turtle race. You wont have an established tank for 6 months, even if you are cycled after 1 month. I always told friends and family to wait a year before they take another look at my reef for a substantial change, maybe a little sooner.
Start to make a list of the things you need and post them here to the forum for advice. You will get good feedback.
Just research and read read read. I was out of the hobby 15 years and came back to it because I missed it. Had to relearn a few things.
Lighting is a little more complicated and dependent on your tank footprint. Led is huge in this hobby, but t5's are also highly regarded for extra fill light. You can do a hybrid t5/LED setup if you want too. Some good manufacturers are Ecotech, Kessil, AI, Orphek, ATI, Reefbrite and aquatic life.
Get yourself some test kits- Nitrate, Phosphate, Alkalinity, and Calcium. The big four. I use Hanna for Nitrate and phosphate and Salifert for the rest. Hanna are not cheap but they give you an exact reading if you dont like to match colors. I would also get a salifert ammonia test to see how your tank is cycling.
Protein skimmers are nice to pull out the dissolved organics in your water.
Tunze and Ecotech make really good powerheads, an essential component of water movement in your display tank. Opinions vary on these but this is an essential component to your display tank.
This is a turtle race. You wont have an established tank for 6 months, even if you are cycled after 1 month. I always told friends and family to wait a year before they take another look at my reef for a substantial change, maybe a little sooner.
Start to make a list of the things you need and post them here to the forum for advice. You will get good feedback.
Just research and read read read. I was out of the hobby 15 years and came back to it because I missed it. Had to relearn a few things.
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