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Alti, Not sure what part of NJ your in. But the Home Depot in Riverdale always seams to have a couple of pallets of it. Rob

Mikester311 Yardrite and Southdown (the harder one to find) are usually sold in Home Depot. Not sure what an equivelent brand would be. You are basically looking for a tropical Play sand which is taken from the ocean.

Just a note, Southdown is very hard to find unless you live in the North East. You may want to look for Yardrite. it is made by the same company and is suposed to be the same as southdown.

use good Ro/Di water and watch your feedings. Most of the nitrate removers advertised don't seem to work too well. I've had the same problem for a couple of years as I was using tap water.

I was able to fit the 2x96watt kit form ahsupply in the wood hood on my aga 38 gal. still have room left to add another bulb. the 96watt bulbs are about 34" long.

I do the same thing with my setup. Just stick in filter bag in area of high water flow. For carbon it seams like a lot of folks are using Marineland's Black Diamond brand.

LS, LR and a cpr backpack hang on skimmer would work very well. This way he will be able to upgrade to a reef when he gains more experience. Rob

Is is possable to upgrade the Rio 600rvt on the skimmer to a MaxiJet 900 or 1200 with the Venturi kit? I was thinking that it might be worth a try and if it doesn't work I will just have a spare pump for circulation. Thanks, Rob

Get the biggest Rubbermaid that will fit and use the rest of the money for a good skimmer.

Most of the brands that I have seen have expiration dates on them. Kordon products for example last about 2 to 3 years.

Try a Pigmy angel. I had mine for about a year. He's rather peaceful and insn't a picky eater. I didn't have much luck with a Coral Beauty a couple of years ago either. He lasted a couple of months.

Take a look at the CPR Backpack skimmers. I had one on my 29 gal and it worked very well. I see alot of recomendations for it in the post on the boards.

Just save up from a part time job and your parents may let you get it.

I just reattach mine when cleaning the glass. I gave up on fighting with the suction cups.. :rolleyes:

Try ahsupply I have had good luck with mine. Have 3x96watt kit on my 38 gal. No problems since installed last year. And they are pretty inexpensive.

You could just stop at your LFS and see what packages they have I picked up my 38 gal with Oak canopy and Oak stand for around $250.00 not including lights, filters etc. They should be able to put a package together for you that will be in your buget. Be prepaired to spend at least $500.00 to...

I noticed that too.... Maybe the webmaster stayed out way to late last night. :D

DB errors??? Must be a Microsoft server.....:(

April, I noticed that you had treated your tank with copper (as most lfs tend to tell you). This really isn't a good idea as it is next to impossible to get out of the tank and will be detramental to any inverts that you try to add in the fututre. I have learned this the hardway, ended up...

Another place you can look for a tank is check the yellow pages for companys that install and service aquariums they may have some used tanks from some of their clients. You may be able to get a whole setup to get started with. As for sand buy a couple a bags of southdown tropical play sand from...