I'm in the process of starting up my first saltwater tank. This will be a 10 gallon nano...unless I change my mind again and convert my 29g FW into SW.
I have about 20 pounds of aragonite and 6 pounds of live rock that I just bought from another MFT member. I want to buy about 12-15 more pounds of LR (which will be over a period of time). I will, however, need to buy a few pounds to seed what I have, since it is dead.
I intend to just have soft corals and eventually a pair of clown fish.
I plan on using a Current Satellite CF fixture (I have an 80w fixture on one of my planted FW tanks).
Should I go with a Double Satellite at 80w or should I just use a regular Satellite at 40w? I've read that I need to have between 3-5 wpg for soft corals and don't want to go over board with 8wpg, which I have read is too much.
On the other hand, I've seen tanks of the same size with the same 80w fixture that looks great. There's too much misinformation on the net, though, so I wanted to get some MFT member insight.
Here are some of the other hardware that I plan on buying:
* Koralia 1 powerhead
* 50w Stealth heater
* Marineland timer
* Instant Ocean hydrometer (until I upgrade to a refractometer)
* test kit
Regarding the test kit, I have an API masterkit for FW. I know that some solutions can be used for either salt or fresh, and some can not. My question is which solutions in my FW kit can I also use to test my saltwater tank?
I have about 20 pounds of aragonite and 6 pounds of live rock that I just bought from another MFT member. I want to buy about 12-15 more pounds of LR (which will be over a period of time). I will, however, need to buy a few pounds to seed what I have, since it is dead.
I intend to just have soft corals and eventually a pair of clown fish.
I plan on using a Current Satellite CF fixture (I have an 80w fixture on one of my planted FW tanks).
Should I go with a Double Satellite at 80w or should I just use a regular Satellite at 40w? I've read that I need to have between 3-5 wpg for soft corals and don't want to go over board with 8wpg, which I have read is too much.
On the other hand, I've seen tanks of the same size with the same 80w fixture that looks great. There's too much misinformation on the net, though, so I wanted to get some MFT member insight.
Here are some of the other hardware that I plan on buying:
* Koralia 1 powerhead
* 50w Stealth heater
* Marineland timer
* Instant Ocean hydrometer (until I upgrade to a refractometer)
* test kit
Regarding the test kit, I have an API masterkit for FW. I know that some solutions can be used for either salt or fresh, and some can not. My question is which solutions in my FW kit can I also use to test my saltwater tank?