coming back from a 15 year hiatus

Welcome back to the hobby I wonder how much thigs have changed since the last time you were in the hobby

 

Aquarium Supplies, Aquarium Supply, Aquarium Equipment, AquaCave.com Offers, Discount Fish Tanks & Fish Tank Supplies for Saltwater, Marine, Coral Reef Guide, Freshwater Aquarium carrys the controller. the apex lite would most likely be all you need. there price is the same as others but they have a 5% off coupon you can find on here. also when they run their sales its normally 10% off all of their site. i have another brand controller that im not to happy with and am going to upgrade to the apex. waiting to see if they run a sale for valentines day.

 

in my experience the protein skimmer is much easier to deal with than a canister filter and doesnt have any down side to it unlike the canister filter

 

Here are a couple of articles I put together. Read up and do lots of research before you plop down the cash.

http://www.3reef.com/forums/reef-aquarium-articles-how-tos/all-about-sumps-filters-fuges-79852.html

http://www.3reef.com/forums/protein-skimmers/all-about-skimmers-skimmers-skimmer-85389.html

 

Welcome to 3 reef, Chris

Steve

 

Hello and welcome to 3reef