Splurge! If you were given $1,000 to spend on reef equipment, what item(s) would you put it toward?

[Peace River]

Splurge! If you were given $1,000 to spend on reef equipment, what item(s) would you put it toward?

The holidays are over and we’ll have to wait until next year for more presents, but what if we could still dream a little longer…what if you could spend $1,000 on reefing equipment? What item(s) would you put the money toward? Would it be a controller, lights, pumps, reactor, skimmer, testing machine, or something else? Let’s dream a little and discuss what a $1,000 splurge would be – please join us in the discussion thread!

BTW, while we aren’t currently giving away $1,000, R2R is hosting a giveaway for a Deltec Skimmer so please following this link to enter! Good luck!!!

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[Treefer32]

I'm questioning if my 9-10 year old skimmer and skimmer pump are sufficient. So, possibly a replacement skimmer. That said, I also think a UV would be nice for fish health and algae growth on the glass. So, most likely a large UV for my 340 gallon display. Alternatively I'd consider Ozone to boost PH levels. They're getting toxic at night hitting 7.4 on a new calibrated PH probe. I don't know at what point marine life suffers, but I'm guessing 7.4 will lead to some bad events if prolonged.

 

[JZ199]

$1,000 would go far in my tank!
I could upgrade lighting, get a new lid to accommodate it, and get a decent skimmer to fit it.

 

[Mschmidt]

Voted other, it'd be lights, skimmer, flow pump and battery backup.

 

[KQuillan]

I would love a controller, lights next.

 

[tbrown]

I'd go for a tester first, then controller or doser, then lights.

 

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[Dave1993]

probs just spend it on coral i already have the best stuff for my tanks

 

[BamaCoastPyrat]

I would put $1000 towards a giant tank.

....and then not be able to buy the equipment or supplies for it....

 

[vlangel]

I voted other because it would definitely be livestock. More macroalgae, coral and probably be barnacle blennies.

 

[HomebroodExotics]

That's about enough money for me to set up a new 40 gallon tank and stock it with coral, so I would do that.

 

[Research Monkey]

Definitely a controller. Its still the one thing that i'm hesitant on purchasing due to $$

 

[i cant think]

I would go for livestock, I could definitely spend a couple hundred on just fish or maybe even a couple thousand on fish.

 

[nereefpat]

Other: tank

 

[Piscans]

id buy a couple breeding setups

 

[Acroyear61]

I would finally drop buy some decent flow pumps, that seems what I have to replace the most and I've always used cheap ones.

 

[Nemo&Friends]

voted other. Would buy good UV who would help killing pest algae and parasite. It seems the best system to me as I would not have to add chemical of any type to have a clean tank.

 

[Scott's reef]

If someone was to give me a $1000.00 I'D PUT IT TOWARDS a @ghl controller. That's my dream equipment to hopefully afford one day.

 

[AtlantiCat]

Oh, that'd get me a new AIO and a stand!

Of course, I'd be dead the next day after my other half murdered me, but hey I can dream.

 

[mfinn]

I went other as in livestock or supplies ( buy alot of frozen for $1k ).
All my equipment is pretty solid and mostly exactly what I want to use.