Nano Lagoon (18): How to Buy Kits

[reeftanks1]

@andrew0901280 corals are actually animals, not plants. you should still get a tank though, lots of fun and very rewarding

[ipsfdotcom]

That's an excellent plan which we fully support! Some rock, sand, corals and beneficial sandbed critters will work just fine. Watch our Nano Lagoon series for ideas on a 10 gallon system using the standard 10-gallon tank, or move up to a so called 20 long, also a great configuration for a reef tank. The 10 gal setup is great to start with though!

[andrew0901280]

well i dont know if this will be a problem but i want a tank with just coral. I dont want any fish or snails or anything just coralreef. see im going to school for botany and i have a good varity of plants at home. i recently took an intrest in coralreefs i dont know very much about them though and i would like to have one at home but i dont want the matinence of the fish.

[incubusdoubled]

great videos, they really help me through my set up... once again thanks

[aquariosmaster]

Legal!!!

[ipsfdotcom]

No doubt! We're hoping folks will make their own rock locally to help cut costs. The livestock packages do get pricey when shipped by Fedex in winter. When the weather gets warmer we'll try shipping the these by priority mail to help bring the cost down.

We're sensitive to the cost issues, esp. because this is a newbie system. On the plus side, all of the organisms do breed in the tank and over time they should become increasingly available locally through clubs, shops, etc.

[BlackBerryStormReVue]

I am a subscriber and this did not come up as part of my subscription. I check your page still daily, which is what brought me here. Just wanted to let you know in case there is a problem with youtube, as I know there was a few weeks ago with regards to viewing in HD.

[DaytonaRoadster]

I'm having the same issue, i just happened to check and see i missed like 3 vids..i was all 'What the hell?". Anyway, thanks for the info

[ipsfdotcom]

Good thought, thank you. To keep costs down it's imperative to ship the sand/rock kit by priority mail, but to keep the organisms alive they must go by Fedex, at least in cold weather. It's a dilemma right now (in Feb). In warmer weather the organisms may be able to go by priority mail as well, and then we could implement your idea of bundling the items. Mahalo.

[Loafy23]

I was thinking about the time that it takes for the tanks to be ready for each additional pre-package step. Maybe you could do a bundle which is stagger shipped so that they arrive when they're to be added to the tank? Order the whole kit and you get the Rock kit and Start pack at the same time then 10-12 days later the Grazers arrive. That way there'd be little chance of losing the creatures due to having to wait to release them until after the diatom bloom. Just an idea.