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I got the tank over the past weekend and almost all livestock made the trip. I am still cleaning and setting everything up. I changed the crushed coral to argonite sand. I added another powerhead to this system as well as replacing the small rio powerhead that came with it with a 1200 with a...

Anybody see any items that I should purchase other than the sand, and lights for this tank? The local pet store is taking back my 29 gallon tank,stand and the canopy. So I have a little extra cash available to spend. So if you all could reveiw the listing and let me know if you see anything that...

Well I won the tank. I got it for $526.87, So i feel I got a real good deal. I am going to replaced the crushed coral with sand. But how much sand should I get? Also what is everbodies thought on the wet dry filters. I don't know to much about them, I was going to run a sump on my 37 gallon, so...

Thanks for the replies everybody! I really appreciate it. I guess the next question is before I bid I would like to get some info on how to move the tank. The hardware moving is easy, but what about the fish? corals?, live rock? It is probably going to take a good 4-6 hours to take the tank down...

I found this on ebay, its about 200 miles from me. What do you think about it? Is it something I should consider or stay away from? Any and all feedback is appreciated. Dan http://cgi.ebay.com/72-gal-bowfront-reef-tank_W0QQitemZ7724535162QQcategoryZ20755QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I was going to use the hirock for my base rock, then get 45 pounds of fiji for the top. Is this a preferred setup, or is it better to just get more live rock, and stay away from the hirock? What about my wavemaker? What is a good gph for this setup. I really like the wavemaker kit from Dr...

Thanks for the info. What would be a good gph rating for keeping a variety of corals. I do like the leathers and the softies, but I would also like to keep a few SPS corals, if the 800 is to much what would be the right gph to get? Also is my 45 pounds of live rock going to be enough for a 37...

Ok I've bought some things since the last time I posted. I now have a 37 gallon tank and I'm going to use the 29 gallon as a sump/refugium. I also bought the coralife super skimmer 65, 30 pounds of argonite sand, mud for the refugium, and a fan to blow air across the water for the canopy...

I am as some of you are aware starting to set up a 29 gal. I have a 175 watt medal halide and 72 watts of power compact. The lights will be installed in a wooden canopy. Will the heat from the lights raise the water temp? The canopy is mostly open on top so some heat will be exhausted there...

Thanks for the help, has anybody heard anything about the coralife skimmers, are they good? I haven't bought anything yet and if the Prizm skimmer is a piece of junk, then I'm not going to buy it. In fact the LFS has the coralife's on sale this month. I did have one other question as far as salt...

I was wondering what people's thoughts are on live sand. I am/will be setting up a 29 gallon tank. I have heard many people talking about live sand. Here's what I have on my list to buy so far. Prizm protein skimmer Aquafuge refugium with refuigium mud drs foster and smith's wavemaker...

I'm sorry if I was asking to many questions on my last post. It seems like I have been reading none stop for the past 5 days on this subject to learn as much as possible. I do have one more question and hopefully it will be an easy one. I am eventually wanting to keep hard coral in the tank, is...

Thanks for the help! The next question I have is about protein skimmers. what size and brand would be good on my setup? I have also read that I might need a pump or two that creates motion inside the tank, for corals, is this true? If so what systems do you all recommend. The last question I...

I don't know how to post links yet, but I found a Coralife light on ebay for $139.95 plus $17.95 shipping. Here are the specs, let me know what you all think about it and if it would be good for my 29 gallon tank. Also is this a good deal, is there better deals out there? Here are the specs...

Ok what would I need as far as filteration, lighting, protein skimmer, and all of the other stuff required to make this work. How much live rock? What kind of substrate? Basically a list of everything that I would need to get me started. I have a power filter for it, and a undergravel setup, as...

I went to the local fish store this weekend to get a filter for my freshwater tank. On the counter of this store the owner had a 20 gallon reef tank, with all sorts of corals and 2 clown fish in it, we got to talking and he said that doing smaller tanks is not harder then doing the larger tanks...

I know that lighting is very important for saltwater tanks, what kind of lighting should I get? And how light is my wallet going to be afterwards? Thanks for the help!

I am completely new to the saltwater hobby. I was wondering what is the minumum size that you can use in this hobby. I bought a used oceanic hexagon tank, used from a friend of a friend. I don't know exactly how big it is but the tank is in great shape and the stand was included in the deal...