Best of the best products (and ones to avoid)

[Jamba]

Here are my favorite products for a reef aquarium. What are yours?





Best Products for a Reef Aquarium



Skimmer:

- EuroReef (Mid to large systems)

- AE Tech (Large systems)

- Aqua C Remora (Hang on Tank)

- R2K (for extreeeemly large systems)



Acrylic Tanks:

- Tencor (but pricey)



Salt:

- Bio sea marine mix

- Crystal seas marine mix bioassay



Controllers:

- AquaController III Pro + Aquanotes





Calcium-Buffer additives

- Kent Tech AB

- Seachem Reef Buffer + Reef Advantage Calcium





Powerheads

- MaxiJet





Heater

- Won Titanium



Pumps

- Mag



Test Kits

- Ammonia ?



- Nitrite - Seachem Multi



- Nitrate -



- Calcium ? Aquarium pharmaceuticals (easy to use)



- Kh - Aquarium Pharm



- Phosphate ? Hagen




Cannister Filter
- Eheim Professional II series



Autofeeder

- Eheim automatic feeding device



Refugium

- Precision Marine



- Ecosystem Aquarium



Substrates

- Aragonite Live Sand (oolithic)





Iodine - Lugol?s Solution



Power Compact Lights:

- Coralife



- JBJ




Water Conditioner
- Kordon Amquel






Filter System - Berlin Method (Protein skimmer, live rock, live sand)


Chemical Filtration

- Purigen (Phosphate Reducer)



- Kent Marine Reef Carbon>>




Algae Scrapers
- Credit Card



- Mag Float




Fish Food, Frozen
- SF Bay Brand Marine Multipack



Online Retailers:

http://www.marinedepot.com



http://www.bigalsonline.com



http://www.premiumaquatics.com



http://www.drsfostersmith.com/



The Bad

Little Time and Temp - Malfunctioned most of the time



Eheim ball powerhead ? Venturi did not work well



Instant Ocean Hydrometer ? Frustration with air bubbles messing up the readings.



Turbofloater Protein Skimmer Hang on Tank ? This monster is too big for a hang on tank, the pump is too huge, it does not attach to an acrylic tank well, too noisy. Aqua C Remora are supposedly much better, but I have never tried.



NOW its your turn...Whats your favorites (and least favorites)?

 

[dpnshnks]

Okay, not the question asked, but I feel it's necessary to point out. If you're using a Won heater, you may want to switch, just ask Armando. They have a tendency to fail and wind up killing everything in your tank. Just a heads up; do a search for the Won heaters and you'll read all about them!

Eric

 

[Jamba]

Won heaters

Hi Eric

What do you suggest besides Won heaters?

Mine has been good to date. Titanium rules (I have cracked too many glass ones)

Cheers

 

[~Flighty~]

finnex is a great heater so far. they have them at AA

 

[Piscevore]

Via Aqua Sells ti tubes. .. Mark at fishy business has some really nice ones, but I can't put my finger on the brand... i think you need a controller for them too..really nice.