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Following along! I plan to do this in my basement as well over the next few months. Still planning the layout and such. How do your tanks handle the climate change? I'm assuming summer you don't encounter any issues as the basement is fairly cool. What about winter? Your heater running...

It seems they're pods. So I should be in decent shape. The cycling process is well off. Currently the rocks are starting to get red all over them. Should be another week or two until they start to go back to normal. I'm digging these LED's though! Makes even the plainest rock look colorful.

No words of wisdom here?

These might help with what I'm referring to...

Just had a quick question that maybe someone here can answer. I took a look at my tank today and noticed that there are small (like centimeter small) black things on my glass. Almost looking like ticks/slugs. I never saw this in my first aquarium but I also never looked as closely as I am...

Hey all, So I've finally put the live rock into my tank. Pieces were a bit bigger than I was expecting so it almost looks like a pile of rock in the center of my tank. But there are a number of caves in there that will look nice once I have life in there. My only concern is the same I had...

Ah ok. That makes sense. Has anyone has any experience with the Fiji rock that came from SWF store? I'm hoping it'll be some great rocks that I can form some type of aquascape with it.

Quote: Originally Posted by Bang Guy Here are my thoughts on using live rock to cycle ---> Bang Guy's Cycle Method I was under the impression the "correct" way was to place the live rock in the tank first. Then add the sand so the rock is flush up against the base of the tank versus atop sand...

Excellent! Thank you Bang Guy for your quick response! I appreciate it! :)

Hi all, So I just ordered 50#'s of live rock off of Salt Water Fish and should be getting it tomorrow. I've had salt water in the tank for about three weeks mixing (long than needed I know) and will turn the heater on tonight to warm the water up to a good temp. Tank is either a 55 or 65...

Hey everyone. So I have my frag tank filled up just over half way with water. Now I want to get some sand and rock. I've decided I'm going to buy Fiji Premium live rock and just normal sand (dead I guess... not live). Does anyone have any recommendations as to which sand I should buy? I'm...

Also, as I was starting to get the tank ready I had a thought about what I'm using this tank for. So as I mentioned I want to keep this tank as my frag tank. However, I don't have a sump or refugium under the tank... just a HOB Filter. Does anyone seeing that posing any kind of problems?

Thanks for that info Shawn. I'm still debating which route I want to take. I'm leaning more towards getting everything dead and building it up from there. It just seems like I won't have the aptasia introduced into the tank if I get a bad live rock or some unwanted worms. I'll let everyone...

So I just carried water from the basement to the office. I'm currently mixing salt and should be ready for rock/sand. Once question though... I recall some saying they wanted to buy live rock and that it wasn't necessary to buy live sand since the rock would add the necessary bacteria and...

Ok, so I'm thinking about this and I might just let it be for the time being. As I mentioned my main goal is to have my 150 Gallon set up in the basement in the wall. This 60 gallon was mostly and after thought. So thank you again Shawn for bringing the issue to my attention. I'm going to...

I had a pump I was using on my 150 gallon as the return pump from the sump so I figured for the time being I would use that (at the moment I don't recall which pump it was). I see what you're talking about and that does seem like it may be a bit of a problem. For some reason I was under the...

Ah, I see. I was actually planning on converting from 3/4" to 1/4"... although that makes me wonder if that'll just blow the hose right off with that much water and pressure going through. So I'm guessing 1/4" doesn't seem to be feasible?

Quote: Originally Posted by acrylic51 You peaked my interest....1/4" hose for water changes..... So yes... I know that may be little... and I know that may take a loooong time. But it has the least amount of damage (i.e. hole in the wall). The 1/4" will be only for the 60 gallon so I'm...

Ok, so I've begun my equipment arrangement. In the basement I now have two 32 gallon BRUTE bins. I have connected a 50' 1/4" hose that will run from my laundry room sink upstairs down into the RODI placed beside the pure water BRUTE bin. Aside that will be the bin for saltwater mixing. Yes...

I just purchased the AI Vega & New Controller -- I love them (although the controller does tend to get on my nerves). With that being said, does anyone currently own the EXT Kit? I'm thinking about buying one. However, my tank sits 28" tall (Again this is the 60 gallon hex) and the rails...