So I finally caved and bought a used 24 gallon JBJ Nano cube. I got lucky and picked one up off of craigslist from 24nanoguy.


As you can see there is still some coraline on the back but for the most part it cleaned up really well and it came with a couple extras like the InTank media basket and Reef Octopus skimmer.

24nanoguy suggested picking up Saltwater Aquariums for Dummies and so I did.


After reading through the book and then researching online I picked up my filtration media from InTank and decided to go with a Refractometer to test Salinity.


I also picked up a basic Test kit for Ammonia, Ph, Nitrate and Nitrite to get started. Once everything showed up I did some more researching and ordered 32 lbs of Bali Alor Live rock and 20 lbs of live sand from Aquatic Connection.

For mixing salt I picked up a couple 5 gallon containers sort of like the culligan water ones. My house was built in 1948 so using tap water was out of question but luckily my Fiance works at a USDA lab where she has access to reverse osmosis deionized water.

I picked up a 50 gallon bag of salt mix so I have plenty to use for the up coming water changes. I just grabbed the Instant Ocean salt from Petco.


So until the Live Rock and Sand shows up there is not much I can show so I will be sure to continue posting updates as I can. Thanks for looking.

Sounds like a nice little project. Keep us posted please!

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I am very interested in this, I plan on starting pretty much the same and am really looking forward to following this thread.

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