My wife and I got into the hobby in January. We each have reef tanks, hers a Red Sea reefer 350 g2. Mine in an IM 10g in my home office. We are looking to do a large fowlr and from what I have pieced together, there are some differences. My main concern is getting everything I will need so that the installation can be as clean as possible from day one. This will be in our main living space, so nothing can be external to the tank, e.g., ato container. We are looking to have all the common fish we cannot have in our mixed reef including an eel. I want to continue to run apex for monitoring and automation. Thank you for helping me plan.
- will I need to dos if so 2 ports or 4 ports and what?
- Do I need a UZ sterilizer?
- what do I really need for lighting?
- is a refugium helpful?
- how much flow do I need mp40s or 60s, and is it 2 or 4 of each?