What is the best piece of equipment you have used and had success with and would you recommend it

[William Chiavetta]

I'm looking forward to hearing people's opinions on this. You can do more than one. But the things that aren't usually what people go for that you have that you would recommend to someone. I worded that in such a complicated way

 

[JGT]

Wen inverter generator. Saved me multiple times during power outages. A must have for any decent sized reef tank IMO.

 

[Wasabiroot]

Really big fan of my Tunze ozmolator nano. It has been rock solid for going on 2 years (which I know isn't that long, but still)...

 

[X-37B]

Tunze 9430dc. Very underrated
skimmer.

 

[VintageReefer]

Santa Monica surf 2 algae scrubber - I was able to eliminate water changes, my skimmer, and filter socks. Game changer. It handles my full filtration needs

 

[Wasabiroot]

Santa Monica surf 2 algae scrubber - I was able to eliminate water changes, my skimmer, and filter socks. Game changer. It handles my full filtration needs

Used to watch LA Fish Guys on YouTube before I got in the hobby and he sung their praises all the the time. Seems like they have been doing it a long time (Santa Monica)

 

[Wasabiroot]

Also: I LOVE my Quanta Pro Tropic Sun fixture. It turns off, it turns on, that's literally it, but it gives me a nice daylight peak photo period and my animals seem to love it. They're also very high quality with a really long cord. Great customer service too. It's one of the few pieces of equipment on my tank that I don't need to fix periodically because it does its job with no frills. I can understand the old timer's annoyance with apps and buggy wifi haha

Old pic but you get the gist of the color

 

[VintageReefer]

Used to watch LA Fish Guys on YouTube before I got in the hobby and he sung their praises all the the time. Seems like they have been doing it a long time (Santa Monica)

I’m not going to derail the thread, but if anyone wants to know about my setup or experience with scrubbers, or the low maintenance that this tank needs, feel free to read my build thread or send me a dm. I’ve been using this scrubber on my reefs since 8/2013.

This tank I put photos of has been running over 2 years without water changes, and I took my skimmer offline over a year ago. It’s never had socks or filter rollers or mech filtration. It’s been thriving and growing corals and needs 5 min each week for “work” including scraping the glass.

 

[Outlaw Corals]

Santa Monica surf 2 algae scrubber - I was able to eliminate water changes, my skimmer, and filter socks. Game changer. It handles my full filtration needs

That’s exactly what I was going to say an algae scrubber total game changer best piece of equipment you could have

 

[MBruun]

Donovans Nitrate Destroyer (DND) - Nitrate control made simple and with almost no maintenance. Keeping my NO3 below 5

Link: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/poor-mans-nutrients-control-donovans-nitrate-destroyer.302685/

 

[2Wheelsonly]

My tunze osmolator ATO. It’s been in use since 2006 and been working rock solid ever since. This thing is a tank!

 

[Provate]

I'm looking forward to hearing people's opinions on this. You can do more than one. But the things that aren't usually what people go for that you have that you would recommend to someone. I worded that in such a complicated way

Tunze Osmolator

 

[Jeremy_d]

MP40, this thing is a tank.

 

[VintageReefer]

MP40, this thing is a tank.

So true. Mines around 10 years of daily use

 

[kenchilada]

I have a 20 year old turkey baster that’s still going strong. Basted like 50 turkeys with this thing and then cleaned my rock and then blew the leaves off my sidewalk. Hope I get another 20 out of it because I noticed they’ve gone up to $4 on amazon these days.

 

[dwarfseahorse]

Santa Monica surf 2 algae scrubber - I was able to eliminate water changes, my skimmer, and filter socks. Game changer. It handles my full filtration needs

Great looking tank!

 

[William Chiavetta]

I have a 20 year old turkey baster that’s still going strong. Basted like 50 turkeys with this thing and then cleaned my rock and then blew the leaves off my sidewalk. Hope I get another 20 out of it because I noticed they’ve gone up to $4 on amazon these days.

uhm are you having a stroke?

 

[blstravler]

Bubble Magus Curve skimmers. I just upgraded from a Curve 7 to a Curve 9 and it’s worked flawlessly just like the others.

 

[DJMCB35]

2 days ago I finally changed out my Sicce Syncra Silent 4.0 return pump. It’s been the heartbeat of my tank for 4 years. Never had an issue and it’s as quiet now as it was on day 1. Quite happy to have replaced it with another, exactly the same.

 

[X-37B]

TM hydrometer and 500ml graduated cylinder.