Recent content by mrnish

Thanks very much!!!...The other bag was crushed coral...I thought it was called substrate. Cool!!...It was 5.99 for a 10LB bag....Thanks again bifferwine!!!...you da bomb!

Ok...so I was gonna start out by buying some sand for my tank, and reading on a lot of forums, people said to buy aragonite sand. I went to petco and saw Nature's Ocean live sand and another very fine white sand from the same company, but it did not say "aragonite" anywhere on the bag. Would...

ok...thanks guys!...lighting is expensive...I think that will be one the last things on my list to get

Here is a noobie question...Do I need special lights if just have live rock, sand and fish??...If I'm only going to have fish for now, regular lights will do right?? or does the rock need to have special lighting?...

I'm not going to be drilling any of the tanks....I have no idea where they came from. I bought my 55 gal. from a guy on craigslist and the 10 gal I have had it forever. So i'm going to be safe and not drill. Bifferwine--Thanks for the website...I'll be checking it out tonight...

Thanks for the info lilreefgirl....I have noticed that everyone on here is really helpful nice...I been to other forums where the experienced just like to put noobies down instead of helping them. Any suggestions on a protein skimmer??...I'm having a hard time finding the right one...I will be...

You read my mind...I was looking for a great book to start reading!

Gotcha!!!

Alrighty folks...I will have a 10gal. sump for my 55gal. I was looking at pumps and overflow boxes, as for the pump..I found a Hydor L40 pump at 740gph...is this too much?...I know the rule of thumb is 10x the vol. of the tank. Should I get one closer to 550gph or is more better? Second...

Ok, so I will be building a sump...For the main tank, do I need to drill holes in it or can the tubing be hanging over and secured down? All the sump designs I'm seeing are drilling holes into the main tank

So do I need a sump or is it possible to do everything without it?....I'm assuming if I use a sump then the skimmer, heater will be in there and not showing in the display tank, correct?

Also....what do you guys think should be the first piece of equipment I should buy??...I guess it would be most important piece of this whole puzzle. Lights?, protein skimmer?

You just made my day Bifferwine...I just posted a new thread that I'm going to convert my freshwater. Electricity cost was one of my main concerns....I'm going to need everyones help cuz this is going to be a long process

So..I've been reading the forums all last night and this morning and have decided to turn my 55gal freshwater into saltwater:bounce:...It probably won't be until next year everything is up and running, but I want to do everything right. I need to do a lot more reading and researching equipment...

That's what I thought too, but my neighbor has a 40 gal. and he says he pays up the you-know-what in electricity. If my bill goes up like 10-20 bucks I can live with that, but my neighbor says he pays like 100 bucks a month