New Tank Owner

jaimelea · 01/01/2015, 10:14 PM

hi there, i have just purchased a new 28 gallon tank. this is my first time setting up a saltwater tank. i have my live sand and live rock in the tank.
so im kind of looking for some good advice as to what i should be purchasing for additives/ supplements.
and what is the best equipment to be using; such as filters and lighting, right now the tank has a penguin 150 bio wheel filter, and a 24" aquatic life T5 HO dual lamp light fixture. should these suffice ?
whats the easiest way to perform water changes ?
any help would be appreciated.

JenniB · 01/01/2015, 10:19 PM

Hello! I am pretty new too but I'll help as much as I can. What do you want to keep?

jaimelea · 01/01/2015, 10:44 PM

well i would like to keep what i have, i just need to know if its all i need for a healthy happy tank.

FraggledRock · 01/01/2015, 10:46 PM

what JenniB means is what what do you want to keep as far as Fish, Corals and other life.

JenniB · 01/01/2015, 10:50 PM

I meant just fish or fish and corals. All your equipment sounds good although eventually you are probably going to want a skimmer. At that size of tank you could do five gallon water changes every two weeks or so. I would have the container you mix your water up in set up with a heater and a power head and let it set for a day or two before you add it.

jaimelea · 01/01/2015, 10:59 PM

ooohh sorry my bad haha, i have a small 10 gallon tank that has a toadstool coral, button polyps and a clown fish pair that i want to transfer to my 28 gallon tank once its done cycling and then ill add more coral and fish

01/01/2015, 10:14 PM	#1
jaimelea Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 16	New Tank Owner hi there, i have just purchased a new 28 gallon tank. this is my first time setting up a saltwater tank. i have my live sand and live rock in the tank. so im kind of looking for some good advice as to what i should be purchasing for additives/ supplements. and what is the best equipment to be using; such as filters and lighting, right now the tank has a penguin 150 bio wheel filter, and a 24" aquatic life T5 HO dual lamp light fixture. should these suffice ? whats the easiest way to perform water changes ? any help would be appreciated.

01/01/2015, 10:19 PM	#2
JenniB Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Northern Idaho Posts: 47	Hello! I am pretty new too but I'll help as much as I can. What do you want to keep? __________________ No room for a sump :( Current Tank Info: 70 gal reef tank, mix of softies and LPS with a few hardy SPS. Apex with 2 Kessil 350 tuna blues. 1 male wrasse, two firefins, a blue devil damsel, a dragonet and a clownfish pair

01/01/2015, 10:46 PM	#4
FraggledRock Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: New York, New York Posts: 2,185	what JenniB means is what what do you want to keep as far as Fish, Corals and other life. __________________ “For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it.”― Jacques-Yves Cousteau MarineBio.org Current Tank Info: 40 Gallon Breeder w/ Bean Animal Overflow 20G Sump, Mixed Reef.

01/01/2015, 10:50 PM	#5
JenniB Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Northern Idaho Posts: 47	I meant just fish or fish and corals. All your equipment sounds good although eventually you are probably going to want a skimmer. At that size of tank you could do five gallon water changes every two weeks or so. I would have the container you mix your water up in set up with a heater and a power head and let it set for a day or two before you add it. __________________ No room for a sump :( Current Tank Info: 70 gal reef tank, mix of softies and LPS with a few hardy SPS. Apex with 2 Kessil 350 tuna blues. 1 male wrasse, two firefins, a blue devil damsel, a dragonet and a clownfish pair

01/01/2015, 10:44 PM	#3
jaimelea Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 16	well i would like to keep what i have, i just need to know if its all i need for a healthy happy tank.

01/01/2015, 10:59 PM	#6
jaimelea Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 16	ooohh sorry my bad haha, i have a small 10 gallon tank that has a toadstool coral, button polyps and a clown fish pair that i want to transfer to my 28 gallon tank once its done cycling and then ill add more coral and fish