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Re: Price range of making a nano reef.
Looks to me like RM put ya on a good light , that light has lenses , so being 1w at the relatively shallow depth you should be ok .
That's a good price , lighting is IMO the first most important piece , without good lights it just won't work out. This would be a great investment towards your pico reef , I did exactly what your doing now a wile back , its doable on your budget , and a 20lb bag of reef crystal will last you for a good wile at that size.
It's a bit more pricy in comparison to fw when getting set up , but smooth sailing once its established and so very worth it.
I spend hours daily looking at my live rock and coral , i get excited for each new polyp or critter I find growing.
On another note I'd urge you to join the ARC ,Atlanta reef club ,almost 900 members all in the Ga area , I'm only 25mins from the city but there are members scattered all over Ga , the forum is free as well as the meetings , but you can join if you want there are some nice perks to being a member , but the reason I say check it out is there are a whole bunch of resources there to tap , weather it be cheap or free frags to populate your tank or just a good place to ask questions.
There are always member weekly tearing down or combining tanks so I'd think live rock you could get cheap if not free , also I know u could get free argonite sand ppl throw it away regularly , the trick is just meeting the few ppl around ya that keep marine tanks and this could be the way.
Iv gotten and given a few freebies members are eager to help , and the sponsors are top notch , I get an extra 30% off at most every marine shop in Ga being a member.
And just as a side note , if you make it up my way some time (maybe for the august meeting bbq frag swap ) I'll give you some softies , iv got some nice stuff most I was given or bought for less than half of retail price.
Addicted !!!
Last edited by tbub1221; 07-22-2013 at 09:00 AM.