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6/23/2025, 9:40:48 PM
>>5002847
I'm a saltwater wizard and have been keeping tanks since 2003.
>Only use Deionized water for top off and mixing salt. There are units available and you can bypass the DI resin to make the crispiest tasting drinking water you've ever had. Fish stores sell it too. If thats too much, don't even bother starting.
> Use good quality liverock. No dry bullshit. No purple painted bullshit. Google tampa bay saltwater or look for tank breakdowns on faceberg. Rock is your biodiversity source, filter, decoration and refuge for animals. Rock, some light and waterflow is technically all you need to have a functional reef tank. Everything else is just a luxury.
> Don't be autistic about parameters. Get a feel for salinity and keep the tank topped off so the salinity is stable. Invest in a good refractometer. If you do soft corals they are insanely hardy and couldn't care less about water chemistry as long as its not toxic. You shouldn't have to test much else unless you keep the stony stuff. General rule if its soft and squishy its easy, if it looks stony its a little trickier.
> Lots of water flow. Blast the tank with flow, keeps detritus in the water column for fauna to consume and make it to the filter. Helps with gas exchange as well. Flowly, well aerated tanks are happy tanks. Low flow tanks are swampy and get gross.
I'll keep this tab open so feel free to ask more questions. Always happy to help a reefbro.
Pic is my 20 gallon no water change tank. Just flow and a deep mud bed to create a denitrifying environment. Just add some CaCO3 and calcium on top off for the coraline algae and lots of coral food.
I'm a saltwater wizard and have been keeping tanks since 2003.
>Only use Deionized water for top off and mixing salt. There are units available and you can bypass the DI resin to make the crispiest tasting drinking water you've ever had. Fish stores sell it too. If thats too much, don't even bother starting.
> Use good quality liverock. No dry bullshit. No purple painted bullshit. Google tampa bay saltwater or look for tank breakdowns on faceberg. Rock is your biodiversity source, filter, decoration and refuge for animals. Rock, some light and waterflow is technically all you need to have a functional reef tank. Everything else is just a luxury.
> Don't be autistic about parameters. Get a feel for salinity and keep the tank topped off so the salinity is stable. Invest in a good refractometer. If you do soft corals they are insanely hardy and couldn't care less about water chemistry as long as its not toxic. You shouldn't have to test much else unless you keep the stony stuff. General rule if its soft and squishy its easy, if it looks stony its a little trickier.
> Lots of water flow. Blast the tank with flow, keeps detritus in the water column for fauna to consume and make it to the filter. Helps with gas exchange as well. Flowly, well aerated tanks are happy tanks. Low flow tanks are swampy and get gross.
I'll keep this tab open so feel free to ask more questions. Always happy to help a reefbro.
Pic is my 20 gallon no water change tank. Just flow and a deep mud bed to create a denitrifying environment. Just add some CaCO3 and calcium on top off for the coraline algae and lots of coral food.
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