14 Gallon

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Fighting for the little guy
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I bought a Biocube 14 off Petco for 140bucks and I am going to start my first saltwater tank. I’m going to keep it a simple tank with a couple fish and cleaner shrimp (no sure what kind yet). Here is a list of what I have acquired so far and I really won’t be buying anything more (except a light for my cheato).

Equipment


Coralife BioCube PC/LED Fish Tank 14gallon-1
Hydor Koralia Nano 240 Aquarium Circulation Pump 240 GPH -1
Blue Ribbon Polyester Filter Fiber 14 oz-1
API Saltwater Master Test Kit-1
Instant Ocean SS1-160P Sea Salt, 160-Gallon -1
Hydrofarm TM01715D 7-Day Digital Program Timer-1
SODIAL(TM) Digital LCD Fish Aquarium Marine Vivarium Thermometer-1
CaribSea Aragonite Aquarium Sand 10lbs-2
Aqueon Submersible Aquarium Heater 50watt-1


My layout for the back 3 chambers will go as follows.


1st chamber – heater


2nd chamber – homemade 3 tier media shelf


top tierf=filter floss
second tier = cheato
third tier = bag full of activated carbon


3rd chamber – stock pump


That is where I am at right now. I only have one question so far.


I don’t want to drop the 80bucks to get 14lbs of live rock for this thing. So I would rather just buy 2lbs from the LFS and seed my tank? Will that be enough to get things going? I don’t care if it takes a while to cycle.
 
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