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  1. zerocool480

    I am extremely new and i could truly use a lot of help, thank you.

    Is there anything else that goes along with what I should know. As far as anything goes really.
  2. zerocool480

    I am extremely new and i could truly use a lot of help, thank you.

    I understand you can't give me links to other sites that sell stuff but what would be a good size and or brand to buy as far as the sump goes.
  3. zerocool480

    I am extremely new and i could truly use a lot of help, thank you.

    First off let me say, thank you VERY much cryptics for that entire explanation because I needed that, a more direct and straight forward this is how it is and this is how it works, truly thank you very much. On that note yes BTLDreef that's exactly what I was looking for if that's possibility...
  4. zerocool480

    I am extremely new and i could truly use a lot of help, thank you.

    Regardless if I cycle now and worry about the rest after the cycle I would truthfully like to be brought up to speed before I add a drop of water. I want no mistakes, this something ice been wanting to do forever and I refuse to start without the proper knowledge ya know. I do appreciate the...
  5. zerocool480

    I am extremely new and i could truly use a lot of help, thank you.

    I'm good at building as long as I have step by step instructions on how to do so. I'm not smart with all of this so something tells me even step by step instructions would have to be dulled down for someone of my caliber to Understand it. Truth is I have wanted this for a very long time but...
  6. zerocool480

    I am extremely new and i could truly use a lot of help, thank you.

    So let me understand a sump. Basically, and of course please correct me if i wrong, is a tank that goes under your display tank and you put some kind of filter medium in it like sponges or floss, im assuming this is the filtration part? and then putting your skimmer, heaters, carbon reactors...
  7. zerocool480

    I am extremely new and i could truly use a lot of help, thank you.

    i dont understand how a sump filters or keeps the water clean? you make it sound like it just takes water into the tank at the bottom then returns it. does it have a filter built in or something?
  8. zerocool480

    I am extremely new and i could truly use a lot of help, thank you.

    I bought this tank in the past to start a saltwater tank but i realized that i was not ready because i was 19 at the time and this requires time and money something i just did not have then. As far as the picture goes i can post one as soon as i arrive home, currently at work haha. Slow day if...
  9. zerocool480

    I am extremely new and i could truly use a lot of help, thank you.

    Honestly i had no preexpectations i just truthfully thought i would ask what is best and then proceed accordingly. I am willing to put in the time and effort of course as well because i understand that SWF take a lot of time and care. Not to say that i would not like the easiest way to set up a...
  10. zerocool480

    I am extremely new and i could truly use a lot of help, thank you.

    it would def. be a mixed reef with corals and fish. Um i live in Agawam, Massachusetts. And to be completely honest and more direct the main problem im having is understanding what i need to set up this tank outside of the obvious like fish, sand, live rock, salt mix, R/O water, etc. What i am...
  11. zerocool480

    I am extremely new and i could truly use a lot of help, thank you.

    but i have an idea of what that means, if it means corals and such then i would like small corals, as much live rock as i can be allowed for a 55 gallon, inverts for a nice cleaning team some anemones, and some fish that are very docile or reef safe to be more specific. And as far as money goes...
  12. zerocool480

    I am extremely new and i could truly use a lot of help, thank you.

    i just want to first start off b saying thank you for being willing to help me out. Now normally i wouldnt want to look like extra like a newbie but truth is want this done right so to answer your question i dont know what those abbreviations stand for haha. If i did i would answer promptly though.
  13. zerocool480

    I am extremely new and i could truly use a lot of help, thank you.

    All i physically have is a 55 gallon tank and a stand. I would like to do a reef tank given the opportunity and the money of course. I have no a clue of what i need besides the obvious like a filter and a protein skimmer but even then i do not have a clue what kind of either i need to get or how...
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