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OK, here goes. I went and did some reasearch on my 108 watt compact lighting system. Here is what I found. When comparing the VHO next to a Compact I noticed the compact lets off much more light than the VHO system. The system that I purchased has a mirror type backing behind the light. It emits...

I actually just bought an R/O unit. 25gpd for $100 is that a lot , good price? Please advise. --Andy

Another question I just thought of, sorry for all the questions, but I am always thinking of things now. I was looking into home water delivery and one LFS sells RO water for .50 a gallon. I just need to drive there and pick it up. I am assuming that with a 70 gallon tank I will need somewhere...

I dont know about if the rock is cured, but from reading what others are saying , it seems like anything that you mail order will still need to be cured at home. I am sure the sharks of the board will correct me if I am wrong. :) As far as the amount of live rock, they told me approx. 1 lb per...

I think they are going to ask what you are keeping in the tank. I know you dont need as much light for a Fish Only tank as you would for a reef tank. I just asked a similar question about the amount of light I have. I heard the rule of thumb was approx. 3 watts per gallon for a reef tank, but...

I posted earlier about the compact lights that I bought with my tank. The store stated it was a 108Watt light. Upon looking at the light here is what I found. There are 4 bulbs. The two on the left side are as follows: 1 Macro LH-18W/B 1 Phillips PL-L 18W/865/4p On the right side: 1 Macro...

I did something similar to what MR. Salty stated. I bought a medium sized stryophome cooler ($5). I went to the LFS which has around 40,000 sq. ft of live rock and coral in these huge tanks. I looked for what I wanted, took a little watter from their tanks and put it in the bottom of the cooler...

OFF TOPIC: hey fender can you shoot me an e-mail at andy@i-developit.com please :) Just want to exchange a couple e-mails with you about some local stuff. Thanks -- andy

My light is the same way. On one side it has one blue and one white light, and the same with the other side. For a total of 2 blue bulbs and 2 white bulbs. It is extremely bright. I have a pretty large living room and it can light it all with this one light. I could not imagine having two of...

I guess I will need to run across that as I see something I like and determine what type of light is needed. Essentially I am not looking to have a lot of fish, just a few. Mostly I am looking to keep it more reef. I will research and ask that question again when I see something in a few weeks...

I searched the board and noticed some people say that I need approximately 3-5 watts of light for a reef tank. I have a 70 gallon with a compact light. I called the store and they said it was 108 watt. It has the blue and white lights for the tank and lights up almost my entire living room. Is...

I think it would depend on the size of the power heads. What size are they? From someone else on this board they said you should have power heads that are 6-9 times the capacity of your tank. So if you have a 30 gallon you should have roughly from 180-270(gph) to keep things moving. I was also...

I also read in a book last evening that there is a period of time that the ocean sand should sit before placing it in your tank. Now I am an extreme newbie (like a few days) but the book I read seemed like it had to sit for a few days, then almost be strained to remove certain debri and then...

Thank you all for being so patient and answering my questions. I think I am on the right track this time. I checked the salt I added and it had some chemials to remove Chlorine from the water anyhow. I used Deep Ocean Sea Salts. I also checked the lighting and I have a compact light. I...

I just bought a test kit and it has the tests for Ph, Nitrate, Nitrite and Ammonia. I also checked the salt that I added to my tank after the tap water and it is the Deep Ocean salts that has dechlorinization (sp??) chemicals to remove the chlorine from the water. Just picked up a heater which I...

OK, I have another question regarding power heads for my tank. Currently I only have one CAP 1800 (BTW: I put up this page for everyone to see exactly what I bought with name brands and links to websites for your comments...http://www.xxxxx.com/saltwater/setup.htm) It also covers the exact step...

Maybe my "newbie-ism" kept me from researching what is in my tap water, but unfortunately Trey, I did not check my tap water or anything before adding it. So if it has chlorine then I possibly did make this "blunder". I guess I will learn from my mistakes and if I need to start over, then that...

No this is not a joke, and the only reason I added things were because the two stores I went into and asked for advice said that it would be ok. I specifically made sure that the lighting system I had would be the right light for the reef tank. I am pretty familiar with Freshwater and the one...

All, This weekend I traded in my old freshwater 55 gallon and got a nice new 70 GAL show tank for Saltwater. 70 Gal Tank w/stand Wet Dry Filter Sand Bio-Sand (supposedly already has bacteria etc) about 25lbs of Live Rock And 3 fish..(cannot remember names isnt that sad??) Anyhow my questions...