Overwhelmed!!!

[yote]

Shane
Get the wal-mart brand distilled water.Its got a purple cap and label.
You might want to check and see if your wal-mart has a water machine.

 

[fishbait]

i buy the great value distilled water from wal-mart. if you read the label it says, filtered by reverse osmosis, distillation, microfiltration, and ozonation.

 

[shanet1975]

Thank you. I saw that...Didn't see how much they were, but they have it...

 

[shanet1975]

Not quite sure what kind of light this is but is this any good? What kind of bulbs are these?

Thanks again everyone!!

coralife aqua light 10000k day light 48 in - (eBay item 250157896567 end time Aug-28-07 16:47:29 PDT)

 

[shanet1975]

Auction ended. To get up and running sooner is it possible to use just regular lights that came with the tank (regular aquraium lights). I had 2, but only have one now. I also have a reptile light on now with a 100 watt bulb. Can I change that out to something other bulb to get started? It is a regular lightbulb socket kind. Looks like a hood. All I am going to start out with is live rock for a while until we can swing the t5's.
Thanks

 

[shanet1975]

Nevermind. The auction still has 2 hours......

 

[yote]

If that fixture runs the 65 watt bulbs,then it would give you enough light for soft corals,and some LPS.
E-mail the saler to find out the wattage.You'll want at the least 4 watts per gallon.

 

[newbeetwo]

Hello and welcome... I had a snake tank... did not hold water had a slow leak!

 

[shanet1975]

Thanks....This was a aquarium setup from Petco that came with everything for fish. I think it will be fine.....Was your tank for reptiles only?
Thanks

 

[d.french]

the 48" nova extreme is on sale and bigalsonline and dr foster and smith, for 199.

 

[d.french]

Current Nova Extreme High Output Fixture-4x54Watt-48" at Big Al's Online

T-5 Aquarium Lighting: Nova Extreme T-5 Fixtures w/Lunar Lights

 

[d.french]

t5's deeper penetration through tank so you can keep other corals like lps and some sps, and even some clams.

 

[RigoSharon]

those are great ligthing systems...and not so expensive..

 

[Alexander]

im a fan of deep penetration, thats why I personally own the nova extemes :)

 

[reeffreak]

im a fan of deep penetration, thats why I personally own the nova extemes :)

 

[shanet1975]

That was too funny. Thanks for the links and the laugh.............

 

[Bifferwine]

im a fan of deep penetration, thats why I personally own the nova extemes :)

...O RLY??

 

[shanet1975]

OK. Now are we getting into things.....
I think I;m going t attempt to make a refugium/sump. I have an xtra 10 gallon tank laying around. Do I have to cut a hole in the main tank if I am gong to put this under the main tank? With that, all I would do is have some sand and liverock in the 10 gallon, put my skimmer, filter and heaters in there as well? All I would need in the main tank is my lights? Does this have to be sectioned off as well?
Any good articles on how to set this up?
Thanks

 

[Bifferwine]

You can either drill a hole in your main tank or you can buy an overflow box that hangs off the back. If your tank is not pre-drilled, I would recommend getting the overflow box instead. You don't need sand and live rock in the sump. If you are going to have a refugium, then you would use sand and live rock, but not if you are just planning on using it for a sump. If it is going to house your equipment, leave it bare bottom.

 

[shanet1975]

So there is now way to use another smaller tank under he tank w/out drilling? I'm confused as o how the setup would be if it was a hang on the back overflow box? Would the skimmer and the filter be hung on the overflow box? I'm sorry for being so ignorant...