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    Reef Lighting

    I was just down at the LFS and the guy was telling me the light i would need for corals was a coral life 260 watts and it cost 269.99 this would be for a 55 gallon tank....... Is this correct or could i get by with something less and for what price? All i reallly plan on having is some anemoies...
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    Base Rock??

    Where can i get it? and What can be used for it?
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    Convincing the wife UPDATE!

    LOL dont think i need a ton of dead rock... but thanks for the info.... she is definently warming up... we were at her aunts house for easter and her aunt has a 20 by 10 foot granite koi pound with 42 fish in... ranging from 10 inches to 2 and a half feet... it was awsome the fish will come up...
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    Convincing the wife UPDATE!

    She's not tough.. it think she is trying to tell me i cant always get what i want LOL
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    Convincing the wife UPDATE!

    ya we did breifly.. saw more pics of actual fish, corals, and anemoes then actual whole tanks...
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    Convincing the wife UPDATE!

    Well she came home the other night and saw i was still checking out this website... Then she got all mad saying we cant afford! its to much work and this and that. So i told her ok your right it is to much money.. On the way home Easter Sunday i told her i was still thinking about getting a tank...
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    Help me convince the WIFE! LoL

    would probally be around 55
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    Help me convince the WIFE! LoL

    i mean i definently need a filter of some sort... is a protein skimmer just a better filter? or should i use both? or is one or another ok?
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    Help me convince the WIFE! LoL

    OK... would i need a protein skimmer and a filter and a pump? Or what?
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    Help me convince the WIFE! LoL

    Damn i wish i had the go ahead from the wife there is a RO/DI 110GPD ready to go at 78.00 with 45 minutes left
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    Help me convince the WIFE! LoL

    Does the good water from the RO come out of the faucet??? or what? Is it a inline filter? or is there a seperate line that would have to stay shut off under the sink
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    Help me convince the WIFE! LoL

    I currently have the book The simple guide to marine aquariums by Jeffrey Kurtz... has been very benificial..but i dont think any book is going to be as good as a forum as populated as this.
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    Fish M.i.a

    Do you have anything that could of eatin it?
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    Fish M.i.a

    Do you have anything that could of eatin it?
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    Water questions?

    1. is there a place on line i go can an see my local water stats? 2. I think my tap water is horrible... maybe even to bad to run through a RO/DI if thats possible..> its very high in something... all i know is it will leave a redish ring around the water line in the toilets... any idea what the...
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    Help me convince the WIFE! LoL

    thanks for the input dav..... Are RO/DI's something thats permentnly set up behind my tank? or to my sink? Or is it something i pull out of storage when i need to filter 10 gallons of water or more?
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    Help me convince the WIFE! LoL

    Originally posted by beaslbob Actually my wife and I got much more enjoyment from finding nemo because we had 55g for months before viewing the movie. If you establish plant life as the first thing maintenance can be much reduced. I have done nothing to my macro algae culture tank for 8 months...
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    Help me convince the WIFE! LoL

    I think her bigger beef is the maintenace over the cost..... Her attitude changed cause we couldnt find a regular clown at the LFS... they had clowns but they werent the one she apperantly wanted.... Im not done harping working her yet... we are doing easter eggs tonight... we will talk mor...
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    Help me convince the WIFE! LoL

    NANO's are smaller right? is that the only difference? How hard would it be to switch from a Nano to a full size tank.. We could try a NANO to see if we like it and can handle it... then move to bigger if we decide we like it.
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    Help me convince the WIFE! LoL

    ooooo... together hobby sounds good.... iv been trying to get her to find a hobby...
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