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I am getting ready to set up my 75g tank again. Before I had a FO tank and ran copper in it. Now I want a tank with live rock and eventually (maybe) corals. What type of prep work do I need to do to ensure that it is free of the copper. It has been down for almost two years and I will be...

I think the aragonite is carib-sea, but the silica I don't know. It is in a brown paper bag and I don't remember that it had a brand name on it.

The lfs in my area sells silica sand. Should I get this for my new setup? I like the fine stuff and this is all they have. The argonite is more like small pebbles rather than sand. They have the silica sand in a reef tank setup. What are your thoughts about the silica sand. It is dry also...

can you still keep inverts in your tank if you are not going to use live rock or coral. I have not yet decided to go with live rock and may just use the decorative corals that I have. I would like to get some crabs or something to clean the sand bed. Will they be alright in a FO tank?

how do you clean the sand when you do a water change? I had crushed coral in my last tank and I want to use sand in the next one. When I would do my water change I used a gravel vac on the CC. What do you do for the sand? Someone suggested using the gravel vac only not holding it too close...

ok...if I do this live rock thing then there will be no creatures that come out that will hurt my tank? Also, if I cure it in a rubbermaid cont. and add to my old tank will it be ok....it was a FO tank before and I did run some copper in it. I will be using all the same equipment from before...

I am about to set my 75 gal tank up again. Last time I had just fish and some decorative coral. I would like to put some live rock in this time but I am not planning on making a reef tank. I just want it for the benefits of cycling and to look more natural. Also, I don't want all the little...