crush corel what kinda filter do you recommed and under gravel perhaps>>
Wrong on both counts. Get rid of the crushed coral and replace it with a sand bed of 4-6 inches. Under gravel filters are a thing of the past. Don't waste your money on that garbage.
Depending on where you live you might be able to go to Home Depot and get sand for cheap. Ask if they carry Yardright,Old Castle, or Southdown. Check your local florists to see if they carry it. Take some sand and add it to a little vinegar. If the sand bubbles it is ok to use. Then get a bag of live sand from your local fish store,lfs, and seed the other sand with it.
The sand will help with your filtration and will definetly keep your nitrate level down. You never have to clean the sand.
Buy some live rock for your tank. 1-1.5 lbs / gallon is recommended. If you buy 29 - 43.5 lbs of live rock and enough sand for a 4-6 inch base no other filtration method is needed.
If you can't afford that much live rock buy about 10 lbs and then put in base rock. Buy a penguin filter and use that until the base turns live.
If you want a cheap place for base rock e-mail me at
JRein40806@aol.com
I have a 125 gallon tank and have the 4-6 inch sand bed,which I was talked into from the people who post here,live rock mixed in with base,2 hang on Aquaclear and a wet/dry-only until the base turns live. At that point the hang ons will be gone and the wet/dry will be used only as a fuge/sump. Hope this helps you. It can seem like a lot of info at first. It did to me too. But before I made any decisons I always posted here first.