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Hi Everyone. Love the forums and have learned an amazing amount by reading them. Having a reef aquarium is something I have always wanted to do but realized I haven't had the time. I am still busy, but think I might have the time to do it right with the amount of automated tools out there.
What I am looking at is a 75 or 90 gallon tank with a sump/refugium. The plan would be to start as a FOWLR and add coral 6 months to a year from now. Budgeting around $2k for what I'll call Phase 1. Phase 2 would be adding corals and getting the automated dosing systems.
My first big question is this. How much cleaning would my clean up crew actually do? I will have time for water changes, cleaning glass and the skimmer, but I don't necessarily want to spend the time to clean the rocks. Is it possible to have a stunning looking reef tank without spending hours a week cleaning algae off the rocks?
What I am looking at is a 75 or 90 gallon tank with a sump/refugium. The plan would be to start as a FOWLR and add coral 6 months to a year from now. Budgeting around $2k for what I'll call Phase 1. Phase 2 would be adding corals and getting the automated dosing systems.
My first big question is this. How much cleaning would my clean up crew actually do? I will have time for water changes, cleaning glass and the skimmer, but I don't necessarily want to spend the time to clean the rocks. Is it possible to have a stunning looking reef tank without spending hours a week cleaning algae off the rocks?