My new 10G tank

[Cedric]

Hi szesteve,

are you residing in Singapore? I notice your wall plugs and they look foreign.

[szesteve]

aWw.. dun think this kind of shelf can hold the weight of ur tank once it's fully stocked.. those wood are light..

Thanks for your concern buddy,

I was out looking for a suitable stand but realised that some of the aquarium stands are even weaker than the one i got.

The one i got is really solid....at first i was worried of the top plank too, but it's pretty good. I'll see how it goes. If it starts sagging, then i'll change the stand...

[szesteve]

Hi szesteve,

are you residing in Singapore? I notice your wall plugs and they look foreign.

I'm actually in Canada right now...We're using the 2 pin sockets...No ground pin...

[Cedric]

I'm actually in Canada right now...We're using the 2 pin sockets...No ground pin...

Now that makes sense. You should be able to get better equipment than most of us here. Get what you can while you are there before coming back!

[szesteve]

Is that so? Well, unless the setup is a large scale one, the rest of the equipment are not that fantastic.

The equipment is also pretty expensive...

LS too....clams are like 50-600 bucks a piece...

[Achilles Tang]

Hello Szesteve.... Canada you say?

Wow... kinda far away from Singapore!! Do you hang out at Reef Central? There are many Canadians there and may offer you advice, tips and would have many things in common with you... locality, LFS info etc.

We'll be ready to help you out... have you taken a look at the pinned up links in the New to the Hobby Forum? There's a LOT of good info there that will be very useful to you!

AT

[ReDDeviLs]

cool man! a far friend we have! decent tank you got,cant wait to see the complete setup,is a chiller or heater needed for the size of your tank?

[szesteve]

Thanks for all the replies guys.

I'm actually from Singapore...Just came here 8 months ago after ORD. Now studying.

My tank is in the basement where the room temperature is around 24 degrees now in summer....So I'm guessing i may need a heater in winter...

Say, do i need a refugium?

[aStRoBo|]

I'm actually in Canada right now...We're using the 2 pin sockets...No ground pin...

how's the price over there? equipments.. ls..lr..etc..

[szesteve]

Stuff are definitely slightly more expensive than back home.

E.g. eheim 2213 costs about 169.99 plus tax so adds up to be about 180++

I have a 4ft arowana tank too and the arowana itself is like double the price compared to back home.

[Octopus Bay]

Yes... Coral and Clams is very expensive is Canada and Europe too.

[riot]

Steve- are you running any skimmer? for a 10g, I will say junk the fuge and go for a hotb skimmer- bet the prism will do fine for your size.

[szesteve]

Thanks riot,

I'll see how the water quality goes in a couple of months before i get a skimmer.

As it's only a 10 gallon, i don't want to clump it up with too much equipment.

[bubble_gum]

if u need a heater.... i think u can run metal hailides w/o worrying for a chiller

[szesteve]

if u need a heater.... i think u can run metal hailides w/o worrying for a chiller

I don't think i'll be going with MH, probably power compact, BUT I have no idea how many watts to go for.

Any suggestions?

[SBS_Transit]

depends what u keep, get either 55w pl or 2x55w pl,

[szesteve]

Cool,

Thanks everyone.

I just added :

1) 50W heater to stop temp fluctuations

2) some more LR to cover up the heater

3) ordered a Coralife 50/50 power compact 1 x 96W light with fans

Since the fan will only arrive in 2 weeks, can't add anything into my tank. So once the lights come, it'll have been 4 weeks since my tank started cycling which will be PERFECT.

Then, I can add 1 coral.

[magern2]

Its very dangerous without a ground component in your socket. Better get your gear plugged to a good circuit breaker.

[szesteve]

Its very dangerous without a ground component in your socket. Better get your gear plugged to a good circuit breaker.

Hi magern,

Please explain this ground circuit thing. I know in Singapore we have a ground pin but here all our plugs don't have the ground pin.

From what i know, noone uses any ground circuit breakers.

[SBS_Transit]

do post a pic of your tank when all the things are there