So the other day I was wandering through a LFS, and me and came across a former display tank that the store had on clearance, a Red Sea Max 130D, selling 'as is', at almost 10% of the cost of a new one. As I've been wanting to do a saltwater setup for years now, ever since I started with freshwater tanks, I pretty much had no choice in the matter, and took the thing home.
My experience background - 55g freshwater tank, planted, mainly cichlids over the years, but haven't run in for the last two years.
Less relevant to this place, but maybe of interest... I currently keep a pacman frog, a crested gecko in a large fully planted enclosure, two tarantulas, a Brazilian rainbow boa, a red tail boa, a ball python, a pueblan milk snake, and a greyhound... Seems excessive when typed out!
Anyways, I've looked over everything, and set it up, and it looks like at this point the heater, and 1 of the pumps is missing, so I'm currently looking into what I should replace them with.
My current questions -
I've seen that you can purchase replacement pumps, with around twice the flow rate, is this worthwhile?
Any suggestions on a heater that works well with this system?
My current interest with the limited amount of research I've done, is mainly centred on corals, and I've always been fascinated with shrimp and other crustaceans.
With my interests in mind, any good resources for a shopping list of what else I'm going to have to get, and what I should be reading up on?
Current list is pretty basic, just focused on being able to get water in and turn everything on to ensure its in good condition.
Pump
Heater
Replacement lights, as 1 was burnt out, and the others probably overused at this point.
Thanks for any advice you might have, and I'll throw up some pictures as things progress, when there's something worthwhile to photograph.
My experience background - 55g freshwater tank, planted, mainly cichlids over the years, but haven't run in for the last two years.
Less relevant to this place, but maybe of interest... I currently keep a pacman frog, a crested gecko in a large fully planted enclosure, two tarantulas, a Brazilian rainbow boa, a red tail boa, a ball python, a pueblan milk snake, and a greyhound... Seems excessive when typed out!
Anyways, I've looked over everything, and set it up, and it looks like at this point the heater, and 1 of the pumps is missing, so I'm currently looking into what I should replace them with.
My current questions -
I've seen that you can purchase replacement pumps, with around twice the flow rate, is this worthwhile?
Any suggestions on a heater that works well with this system?
My current interest with the limited amount of research I've done, is mainly centred on corals, and I've always been fascinated with shrimp and other crustaceans.
With my interests in mind, any good resources for a shopping list of what else I'm going to have to get, and what I should be reading up on?
Current list is pretty basic, just focused on being able to get water in and turn everything on to ensure its in good condition.
Pump
Heater
Replacement lights, as 1 was burnt out, and the others probably overused at this point.
Thanks for any advice you might have, and I'll throw up some pictures as things progress, when there's something worthwhile to photograph.