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So my methods though seem pretty good?? truthfully I couldnt afford a bigger set up right now, I will eventually move up to a 29G but thats all I would want. I like the challenge of a 10G, I am very skilled with freshwater so its a challenge for me when it comes to a 10G SWA, those tiny damsels...

I have decided to start with a 10gallon, to keep costs low. This is the set up I am going for. 10 gallon glass, 100 watt heater, 2 aquaclear 50's (1 bio balls) (1 filter floss) 2 coralife power compact 20w 50/50 flourescent bulbs (12 inches off bottom) 'red sea' sea salt, 15lbs live rock over a...

The bulbs I am talking about at coralife 20watt power compacts. They have a standard [hr] in base to fit into outlets for standard incandescent bulbs but instead are fluorescent 50/50 with white 10,000k and actinic blue. They clain to be good for marine and corals./ I am going to use 2 in the...

(Dry sand is not live sand,the wet sand is live sand (it will say on the bag) ) how could it be wet sand and still come in a bag? wouldnt it crytallize as it dries out? or go moldy? (Lose the bio ball's they are also nitrate factories) I have been reading, and I thought if you cant...

The tank is a standard size 10 gallon. with 15 pounds of live rock, on a live sand bed I know I cant expect more than 2-3 small fish, I hope that helps alot in selecting hardy fish for such a tank, also I feel the need to mention/ask what and how many crustaceons, inverts, urchins, etc would be...

In starting a SWA for a noob, what kinda of fish or marine life are most recommended? what are the so called goldfish and bettas of salt water? I would be more than happy to start off with some crabs, hermit crabs, shrimp and one or two hardy fish. what would you recommend you've had the best...

I was in the LFS the other day taking estimates on what going SWA is going to cost me initially. I seen caribsea live sand in a big bag, I believe it was live sand but one thing caught my attention. it was a DRY bag of substrate, I thought live meant it had salt water organisms living in it, how...

I have been doing alot of reading on saltwater and reefs since I have decided to try my hand at it with a 10 gallon set up. problem is I cant find alot of information on scre w in light bulbs, only flourescent and metal halide. My 10gallon hood holds two scre w in bulbs, currently I have 2...