Noobie Wanting to get into a 10gallon

KIdCNU · 04-25-2005, 03:09 PM

I have a 10gallon and various other supplies lying around my home and since i have been keeping my Green spotted puffers in Brakish water i was thinking hey why not start a nano salt tank, I was wondering what EQ would i need i know that lighting is important and i have found a 96W PC for 88 that is 50/50 the only thing is that is a little expensive is there any other alteratives? i plan to keep some coral in it and maybe some anmonies as well as a small clown perhapse if anyone could help me out on what i need to start a tank i would be thrilled also about my lighting question thanks so much!

John!

wharyat · 04-26-2005, 02:09 AM

Welcome to TRT John!

For equipment, skimmer, lights, water movement (PH's, CLS) are needed.

Not a bad price for the light; it will allow you to keep lps, some sps; montipora, pocillopora.

Any ideas on what specific types of corals?

Keep asking questions; we're more than happy to answer.

jeepjon · 04-26-2005, 10:14 AM

Is that from Hellolights.com? Its scheduled for delivery tomorrow for me. They're great lights, from what I hear. You can keep a lot with those lights. Are you going to run a sump, or sumpless? You can go with a skimmer at a 10 gallon tank size, or you could just go with more water changes. You could use an aquaclear 500 (now named the 110, I think). That would provide all the flow and a place for carbon, purigen, or other media. The LR and corals will be your most expensive investment, by far. You'll probably need b/t 10-15 pounds, depending upon aquascape.
Hope this helps.
-Jon

mg · 04-26-2005, 10:41 AM

With the light that you mentioned, is it a power quad 96W or just a 96W PC? The regular 96W bulbs are 36" so it wouldn't fit over a 10g tank but the power quad bulb will I believe. That should give you plenty of light for whatever you want to keep since a 10g tank is not very deep.