Buying tank equipment can be hard. What do you need? Where should you spend your money? What's a bio-denitrator? There are a million questions to ask which can be entirely overwhelming. Well, Matthew is here this week to help you answer some of these questions and give you his top 15 tips to help out on your aquarium journey.

0:01:07 #1 Read the reviews

0:01:54 #2 Keep it simple

0:02:38 #3 Formulate realistic goals

0:03:27 #4 Be patient

0:04:40 #5 Allow yourself to fail

0:05:40 #6 Get excited

0:06:16 #7 Involve your significant other

0:07:27 #8 Buy an RO/DI filter

0:08:31 #9 Set up a quarantine tank

0:09:31 #10 You don't need fancy gear... You need the right gear

0:10:30 #11 Spend more money on the gear you see

0:11:35 #12 Buy 1 piece of gear with each paycheck

0:12:26 #13 Buy the tank you'll want one year from now

0:13:16 #14 Buy an extra heater & utility pump

0:14:01 #15 Don't blow your budget up-front

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