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Buy an Ro unit. Don't use tap water. I searched the net, and found some cheaper one's but finaally went to a local home improvement store. It was worth the money....although it took me forever how to figure how to hook that thing up! alane Originally Posted by yannifish Ok, but I'll just mix...

Make sure you get a 'fresh' shimp, many are treated to keep them 'looking' fresh. A good sniff should tell you. I 'think' it is is chlorine they treat it with. Someboddy correct me if I am wrong please Alane Originally Posted by yannifish Ok, I'll cycle with with shrimp. The inverts I'm putting...

Ok, I have read a lot of info on tangs here. Some same must have 6 foot long, some say not. I looked it up in Fenner's book today, 75 is fine ;) plus I asked about anthias for tank on here. They are challenging to keep and demand the skills of an experienced hobbyist. (i'm not) so back to...

ank is established, but yeah he is prob going to go through acclimation shock..there was also a hermit crab on it, and so far after 3 days all are fine, and star ate happily today. Fingers crossed, he is a cute lil bugga. alane

Originally Posted by yannifish Ok, I'll cycle with with shrimp. The inverts I'm putting in the tank are ten Hermits, a Cleaner and Fire shrimp, an anemone, and a red gorgorian. After I have all these fish in the tank, would a female blue throat trigger be ok? or would it it be to aggresive and...

Originally Posted by rabbit_72 I still wouldn't do a damsel...They are mean little buggers. We cycled our tank with those when we were first new and regretted it. They are hard to get rid of, especailly if your lfs won't take them back after you are done with them. Many people here use a piece...

ooops, didn't see above posts. The damsels go back to the store, and will stay clear of the cleaner. THANK YOU!!

I gave him some whiteing. I gave him more than I wanted to. I think I cut it too big. But, he jumped on that FAST! He pulled the rest into his cave. Now to catch the "Blue Devils"....lol A very happy Alane

Thank you so much. i will give him some whiteing today. He is black and not green. Any ideas about my lil terrors the damsels..I know some of you love them, but heck once I put them in my DT I will NEVER get them out. I plan on a clown, two anthias, inverts, and a goby. Still trying to figure...

lol....I went to buy a piece of large coral...I have to buy one piece at a time. So, I am still getting my tank ready although it has been running for about 6 weeks. So far I have about 50 pounds in my 75 gallon. Well, when I went to purchase this large piece of coral and got home, I plopped it...

no copper, all fish got ich, I set up a QT tank up, but not in time, so lost them. I drained the tank and scrubbed good, even though no copper. I also let the tank set for a LOOOG time completely empty. I think I will be safe with curing LR in tank and now know I can buy sand at same time...

This piee of rock is from when I had the tank first set up. It was fish only with dead coral. I didn't like the maintence guy, fired him after tank crashed, and decided to go reef on my own with yall's help :) This rock is not from a fresh water tank but from my previous fo tank. I haven't bouut...

Is it best to order LR than purchase from LFS. My LFS, the LR is very clean, but has nothing on it. it looks like the same each time I go in. Is it possible, they cure it, then take the good stuff off? There is ONE piece that has a beautiful mushroom on it..or something like that but it is...

one like for under gravels....ok, yes I am a newbie to salt Alane

What brand of powerhead do you use. Thank you, alane

Everytime I do a water change I get water all over my new carpet. It has a glass middle 'bar' that prevents me from getting in there good. I am still cycling a 75 G and curing rock. Ok...the silly part. Can I buy a brand new small wet dry vac to suck out the old if I keep it clean? I hate...

I went down and spent a LOT of time looking at my aquarium (hubby was here who is cpr cert) I have a full canopy and the flicker did not bother me, but it was daylight. Do the T5's fit regular ballast, or should I buy a new complte light system? Sorry for all of the stupid questions . I did...

Thanks, I will discuss that with the maintenance guy to see whether the schedule I have is adequet, or wheher I need to be doing changed in between as well. also have a very thin layer of substrate, but yall talked me into that live rock..lol Stace Originally Posted by xcdennisx i would get rid...

Yeah, I have never had any problems except while in a room, but that is the most experience I have had with. I don't mind the exra $$ do they make them to fit into a regular ballast, or will I need to buy another one. Alane Originally Posted by DragonZim If you are at all concerned about...

me again :jumping: I started reading online about reefs etc. (I haven't finished yet) My major concern is lighting, well even for fish only. I am redoing my master suite and put the aquarium in there, so on my bad days, I could listen to the soft sounds etc while lying down. So far, I have not...