What lightset and wavemaker for 2ft cube tank?

[Nickel]

Hi, I am starting to setup a 2ft cube tank (assuming no sump, just a 10mm bare tank), initially with LPS, with aim to include SPS subsequently.

I learnt a lot from this forum (thank you very much) as well some of mistakes by other reefers (sorry guys to learn at your expense).

Budget is always a challenge and hence need some advise from reefers on some key items so that I do not need to keep upgrading them.

1. What type of lightset should I consider ? T5, LED, etc? What power rating and tubes/LED should I go for? If you know of brand and price, kindly PM me if not convenient to reply here.

2. Wave maker : what size and brand/model, number of units, should I be considering?

3. Skimmer : Space is limited. I probably be looking at a hangon skimmer. Reef Octopus and any other brand/model?

Thanks in advance for all suggestions, views and comments.

I certainly looking to start it right and at same time, manage my limited budget!

[reby]

Tunze 6015 is a perfect wave maker for 2ft cube n price is resonable u need min 2 unit it depends what kind of coral....

[yangster]

1) for light set, LED because your tank will be small. should minimise heat. checkout maxspect

2) JBJ ocean pulse wavemaker. just get 2 decent powerheads. I am using the tunze ones.

3) I am using the bubble magus in sump. good and cheap and reliable. think they have a hang on.

[rekian]

I would recommend tunze 6025 for 2ft cube, using it and was recommended by henry. Aim the wavemaker across tank and let the wave bounce of the glass, should even out the flow. As for skimmer consider tunze DOC skimmer 9002. For lighting, maxspect is good but expensive. Went for beamworks LED 1600 instead.

[Clement_jr]

1, beamworks

2, tunze 6025

3, bm nac qq

i think these are cost effective. together at 200 thereabout.

[blondmyth]

im using sun sun wavemaker. works very well for me, cheapest among all the wavemakers i believe.

[qingwen]

for LED, maybe you can check out Aquarium Artiste. i got a few LED lightsets from them. quite good.