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A clownfish pair, a goby or blenny or something else small, 2 shrimp, and a small snail cleanup crew. Maintained by diligent water changes. Coral to come later.

Thanks, any advice for zoas or other beginner corals that don't cost an arm and a leg?

quantum reefs in Springfield is really good. Great Fiji live rock, I got ten lbs for my new 10g. Pretty good pricing too, 5.99 a lb. tons corals and fish too.

LOL, my phone uploaded the pictures kind of wonky. I'll put up some better ones. Thanks for the kudos everybody...

I just put up my own 10g nano today and I'm loving it!

I think I did ok with the rock placement. Not much room to work with. I'm really liking this Orphek pr 25 led bulb. The shimmer is amazing! Still lots to do, I plan to make a gravity ATO next. Any one know of a good design?

I would be interested in some (8-9lbs) of the live rock is any is left next week. I am setting up my tank on Labor Day. Thanks, John

Pick up one of these

I chose the Orpek b/c I can hook it up to a cheap ikea fixture i can fit to my setup easily and use a standard light dimmer in case it is too bright for coral to prevent bleaching.

The last Bloom/Food Lion close to me closed last year. I plan to shop around. I would love to have my own filtration unit, just no room in my condo right now, and my lady would be mad if she found out i was spending another $100-$200 on this!

I had read about that regarding the coralife timer strip, I want to get some kind of timing system though. I might just get some home depot timers and work with that until I have enough saved up to get a controller. Thanks for your advice.

I am currently building my 10 g AGA nano reef. I have a few questions. I am not new to fishkeeping, made 10 freshwater tanks, 1 FO SW tank, and 1 FOWLR SW tank, both 20 gallons and a lot of success. This is my first SW tank in about ten years however, I see a LOT has changed, and I have some questions. Here is my proposed build: Tank 10 g AGA, some off brand purchased at LFS. It holds water though. Filtration/Heater AC 70 to be used as HOB fuge InTank AC 70 insert, will have chaeto, chemipure elite, and walmart poly fill as media. 10 watt submersible light from InTank as light for chaeto. Plan to run at night as opposite of main lighting. Hydor 50 Theo placed in AC 70 Lighting Orphek PR-25UV Dimmable 6 Blue/4 White/2 UV LED Pendant Ikea Lustera lamp modded to fit the tank light hooked up to a timer or coralife strip? Not sure about that yet. Water RO/DI water purchased from local grocery. No room for RO/DI unit at the moment. Whatever salt package is on sale at LFS Bio filtration in display tank 7 to 8 lbs. of fiji live rock from LFS 5 lbs. ive sand from LFS Livestock Turbo snail clean up squad (5 maybe?) put in after cycling 1 clownfish a month later Some shrimp? Coral down the line? What kind can I do with this lighting? Plan to put in a powerhead prior to this, any suggestions? I plan to do water changes every other day using the 16 oz cup method, and top off as needed with RO/DI. Might put in a DIY ATO if needed. My questions are: Do I need to have a powerhead from the get go? Do I have to have less flow with my AC 70 fuge? What kind of coral could I have with my lighting set up? Is there anything I missed? Many thanks for any advice you can give me.