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Thanks for the clarification on nano-reefs. I found a site dedicated to them and I guess I was confusing nano tanks and "natural filtration" from an article I read on that site. Anyone here have any success with natural filtration?

Would 29 gallon be too large to do a Nano reef? Stagofdoom mentioned it earlier and I didn't know what that was. So I googled it and now am interested in that as a possibility. Anyone know the pros and cons of doing a Nano in a 29 gal tank?

yeah, I have the first one. We will be heading to the LFS in the near future for more advanced solutions. :)

Pretty sure I am using Instant Ocean salt mix. Not in front of me right now so I don't know right off hand. I have a Hydrometer. What makes them go bad? This is the one I had from my previous Marine accident, I mean aquarium so I should probably invest soon. I also need to stock up on test...

No, the driveway is now where the river rock that was in my tank now lives.

Oh, and currently since it has tropical fish in it the only time I add salt is at top offs so I don't shock the fish. Slowly raising the salinity of the water and the fishys.

Yeah, we scooped all the "river rock" out of the tank. Not sure where it came from exactly. I think I got it from a pet store here in town. Either way it is now driveway rock. My current setup is a 29 gallon bow front aquarium. Currently it has a crappy HOB freshwater filter. Wasn't sure...

Hello. My name is Tom. I live in Columbia, MO and am going to take a second shot at setting up a saltwater aquarium. First try left me with only a horseshoe crab in my tank for about 8 months followed by a cleaning and a switch to freshwater. An outbreak of algae while I was gone one weekend...