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      March 9th, 2010
I have been eyes on this one, Oceanic Systems | Products | BioCube HQI

I just want some real plants, rocks, and few fish (small) thats it.. 29 gal is perfect for my set up in an apt..

What do you say ? or Am i better off to buy used fish tank 30 gal and add some filters etc know that i ll have BETTER quailty on equiment (spell?)

Also will it use up ALOT of electric ( electric billing will shock me eh ? )

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      March 9th, 2010
The BioCube is a great tank. IMO, it's perfect for a first tank. Plug and play. I'm not sure how much electricity it would use though.

 
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      March 9th, 2010
I made a few small assumtions but by my calculations it would consume around 54 kilowatt hours per month.

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      March 9th, 2010
Again I havent buy it yet...

I have seen Bio 29 for $279 with free ship.

Umm dont you think 29 is too big/much for first time ? Am i better off start with Bio - 8 and practice with all waters ??

I m a bit chicken to deal with saltwater cuz i kept hear that its hard work and use up a lot of my time work on it ??

I will keep reading all info i need to learning...someone point me to nao reef that they have tons info i need to learn..

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You always end up wanting a bigger tank. The only thing stopping me from having bigger is the money.

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      March 9th, 2010
Yeah i know money will be issue... otherwise my wife will kick me out and live in a dog house

I think maybe just get Bio 29 gal with HQI - $499 and call it day then go slow from there ?

My big concern is ELECTRIC... We are *high* low income which is why..we need to be careful with electric bills. I think it should be fine for my wife to open the electric bill by mail

Do you have any recommend good online to order stuff or just better off i go to local pet shop ?

I went to local salt water fish shop and saw 29 bio for $328 plus tax but online $279 with free shipping and no tax.

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      March 9th, 2010
The bigger the tank the easier to keep water parameters in check. Smaller tanks the parameters swing much faster.

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      March 9th, 2010
The price differance could be the kind of light in the hood. Make sure you are comparing alike tanks.

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      March 9th, 2010
ok i made up my mind and go for 29 BUT Not sure if should upgrade to HQI $499 or stay with regular bio 29. ARGH! LOL

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      March 10th, 2010
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ok i made up my mind and go for 29 BUT Not sure if should upgrade to HQI $499 or stay with regular bio 29. ARGH! LOL

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