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IS this the right equipment for 90 gallon??


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    Default IS this the right equipment for 90 gallon??

    Hi Everyone. I ended up giving up the in wall tank idea. Now I am getting a gorgeous Oceanic 90 gallon tank. I am sooooo excited.
    I was going to do SW but right now decided to get aquainted first and do Fresh water. Although this site is for saltwater, I know many of you also have FW tanks. So my question is, is this setup good? This is what they recommended:

    Coralife t-5 10,000k lights 2 of them 48" $64 each
    Fluval 405 - $245
    Airmaster 3000 - $26
    Stealth 150 Heater - 2 @ $39
    Python gravel cleaner - $90

    That is what they suggested to start. Can you tell me what else I should look into?

    Thanks so much! You all are SO helpful. I truly appreciate it.

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    i would go ahead and run a sump system so all the filtration you will need wont be seen, and you will have a very clean looking tank, and if you are eventually going to go with SW then you will already have a lot of what you need. but what they suggested sounds ok to me (although i am no longer into FW).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bobby
    i would go ahead and run a sump system so all the filtration you will need wont be seen, and you will have a very clean looking tank, and if you are eventually going to go with SW then you will already have a lot of what you need. but what they suggested sounds ok to me (although i am no longer into FW).

    Thanks for the input. I already purchased the Fluval 405. I got it new for about $110. I thought that was good considering LFS wanted $240 or so. They told me my maintenance would be minimal with this filter.
    I guess if I go into SW then I will do the sump. We'll see how this goes.

    I hope I got a good filter. I like that they say it is rather quiet.

    thanks again.
    Oh, what do you think about the lighting?

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    lReef lKeeper - Reefkeeper CR Member
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    lighting looks good but i think i would go a little brighter, especially if you are gonna go with salt later. but you could do this little by little so you dont miss all the money at once. right now i am running 2 10,000k VHO's, 2 white actinic VHO's, and 1 super blue actinic VHO on a 125gal. but i am adding 2 more 10,000k bulbs in the near future. but all of this can be bought a little at a time until you decide when you want to switch it over to saltwater.

    T5's are considered a HO (high output) light set-up. so definately "the more the better.

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