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im pretty sure he had FOWLR.. but who knows he may have had Powerheads and sold them seperatly. And he sold the tank because he was moving and couldnt bring the tank.

so the sump and fluval 403 definetly wouldnt create enough flow? Im just wondering how he had it running fine with this setup. Just get lucky maybe?

The guy also gave me a fluval 403 canister filter and a UV sterilyzer but the filters impellar is messed up. I just ordered the impellar so i should have that running ASAP. maybe that would create enough flow?

no i dont have powerheads. The guy had it running without any, also he gave me some test kits and i just tested the ammonia and it came up with 0. How much would two powerhead run me?

Well i dont have the proper lighting for corals, so i figured i would do FOWLR and eventually get the proper lighting and start on corals. The guy i purchased the tank from gave me Saltwater Aquariums for IDIOTS lol and ive been reading that. By the way i bought some water to my LFS and they...

the rock was kept in buckets with saltwater that was originally in the tank.

also the sump was left with water in it.

Originally Posted by Flower Welcome to the hobby! Did you use old tank water, or refilled it with new or a mixture of both? Did you put any freshwater at all on the rocks? (assuming you have live rock) Did you rinse the sand (substrate), if so, in freshwater or saltwater? I had prob. about 8...

Hello, I recently purchased a 55 gallon tank that was all setup and running with saltwater (this is my first salt tank). It has a sump with a HOB overflow. It was running when i purchased and brought it home and set it up. It has been running here for prob. about 52 hours. Should i be okay...