Recent content by melmel

Hello everyone! I am new to saltwater aquariums and I have just finished cycling my tank and upon my LFS's suggestion I got 4 blue/green chromis as the first fish in my tank. I have nothing else in my tank except live rock. Today is day #2 for my fish and 2 of them are pretty active during the...

okay so what lighting would you all recommend for coral?

Thanks so much for the help. The lights I have say they have actinic lighting too so is that good enough for a reef. I got them because they said they were reef lighting so if I got the wrong thing please let me know. I really appreciate everyone's help. :D

Thanks for the tip. I may need to return my powerheads. I got these 2 1300GPH Wave Maker Coral Fish Pump Aquarium Powerhead 5000L/H Marine Vibration | eBay and I thought they would work but they are kinda cheap :-?

Thanks :) lol. I knew before I started that this hobby was going to be costly but I am trying to save where I can, but if I have to I will by a higher priced skimmer in a heartbeat if it means it will benefit me in the long run. Is 10000k daylight and 460nm lunar lights good enough for my tank...

Okay, so is there a good, cost effective protein skimmer that you all could recommend? Sorry to ask so much of you but my research tells me what I need but not really what specific kind or brand that is better than another. You all have been soo much help.

Okay so what type of test kit would you all recommend? Also I know this is a dumb question but what is a sump? I have read stuff saying if you have one but nothing telling me what it is.:dunno:

okay thanks! I will give that one a try then.

I found this protein skimmer: Aquarium Surface Protein Skimmer (Oil) Reef Marine Plant Fish Fresh Salt Water Is this what I need? and do I need a filter with this?

Okay thanks for that. I found this one on ebay for $62.00 0PPM Portable 50 GPD Reverse Osmosis RO+DI Filtration Would this work for me? Thanks so much again for your time.

Okay so let me see if I am understanding this, I don't need the filter if I get the protein skimmer? Also I got some test strips too, that's one of the things I forgot about. I am almost positive they test for nitrate as well as some other things. Thanks so much for telling me about the calcium...

Thanks about the tang :D. I guess I am just doing clownfish for now. So with the canister would it be better to put the rock rubble in there? Also would it be best to get distilled water from Wal-Mart instead of using tap water and do I need to rinse off the live rock before I put it in there. I...

Thanks so much :D. i am loving it so far but my fiance' is getting impatient when I told him it might be awhile before I have any fish in it. He jokes about it now though and says that we may have something pretty to look at by next year lol.

Hello everyone! I did it! I finally decided to get a saltwater aquarium and do the research. I have always wanted one but never had the money to start one up, but now I have one :mrgreen:. I am completely new to this hobby and I am thirsting for information. I have bought the aquarium, the salt...