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no need for the lamp. you will be just fine till you get home. i pic up stuff from the airport all the time and it will sit for hours with me in my office sitting in a 0regular old box and bag. whatever you do to that thing will be NOTHING compared to what it went through to get to you. corals...

Personal choice really. Like you said this is not a hard hobby. People make it much more complicated then it needs to be. Like you I find that I get bored with the tanks. For me I think I have more fun building the reefs then I do anything else. Once they are fully stocked I always seem to lose...

Originally Posted by Stanlalee No, just right for a mixed, anemone or sps reef read the whole thread. with the way he wants to set it up 250 would be far to much heat.

Originally Posted by ZacG ok thanks would it be ok oceana to put the water in then the salt of i have live rock in there or wait to put my live rock in till the salt settles? mix first then live rock. the salt will pool in the areas within the rock and make it hard to get a good mix.

Originally Posted by SWFein Cool thanks guys, also should I just put them on the sand when I get home. Where should they go? starting low and in med flow is a good choice. also take note of the conditions they are in at the store and try to replicate that when placing in your tank. if they...

Originally Posted by gli0sca hi everyone, new to this board and the hobby. i have a 55gal fowlr. two things, first, i have some fake plants in there for decoration and on parts i am getting brownish spots;mostly towards the top of the plants and none on the bottoms. diatoms perhaps...

Originally Posted by dsmccain well, would you think the penguin biowheel 150 is fine? 150 gph, i got some good circulation in there, but sometimes i get worried that with all the circulation, the debris, missed fish food, etc. just passes right by the intake, but who knows, it may be paranoia...

never mind i just read that it is a fish only tank. in that case no you cant filter to much

same as anything else BUT they are nomraly considered a wash because they eat more then they put out. PS: the lobster on the other hand will need to be fed which will add to your problem.

i would say the 250 in most cases but in this case since your only using the factory stand offs that will be much to much light and heat for the tank. those things only hold the lighting a few inches off the tank. heck even with the 150's i wont be shocked if you have a problem.. if you can hang...

Originally Posted by ZacG ok thanks i know when i set up my 24 gallon aquapod i put the water in then i just put the salt in and let the powerheads stir it up what would be the best way to do the 75 gallon as long at there is nothing in the tank yes this is fine. depending on the salt you are...

Originally Posted by ZacG where can you get 40-50 pound bags? And how much sand would i need for a 75 gallon my tank is 4ft long and 18" deep one maybe two at the most. depends on how deep you want your sand bed. cant link on this site but search google for Carib Sea Aragonite Reef Sand...

Originally Posted by ZacG thanks i think i'm goin to get some play sand and put a layer of argonite over the top of it. also they 50lbs of live rock that came with it have been in the tank for 5 years with my putting new sand in how much of a cycle do you think i will have to go through...

if it was mine i would run a 1200 but the 9 should be just fine. to be a more ideal set up add one of two K nano's in the tank to help with random flow.

Originally Posted by edizzle When puting the egg crate in the tank should I glue it to the sides with several tiers? Or on self placed on leggs from teh bottom? Can I place some softies to high? or Low? your best off doing legs on the rack this way they are movable and removable

all of the below are mine and have never had anything but water changes

Originally Posted by edizzle no iodine? nothing? I herd these other cems help the frags grow really fast your making this to hard on yoruself when you get into all that stuff. salt water as a whole is MUCH easier then some make it out to be. you dont need all these fancy gigets ang gagets...

Originally Posted by edizzle Other than calcium and alk do I need other chemicals? with a good quality salt, porper water changes, temps, and salinity you dont need any dosing chemicals at all. i have been keeping my tanks for more then 10 years now and i have NEVER added anything other then...

your LFS is correct. live sand bags are very over rated. even live rock is overrated to a point. both rack and sand are VERY easy to seed with very small amount of "live" from another tank or from your stores tanks. as for lights on the cure tank no you dont need them BUT because of the rock is...

it is no different then setting up a regular tank other then the fact that most dont have rock or fish in the tanks. it is just eggcrate racks of some sort intead of rock. many have the rock but it is in the sump. you want a frag tank to be easy to work in and move stuff around so you dont want...