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Hi! I am hoping to find the answers to some of my questions here...
I just got a divorce and my ex-husband unfortunately got our well established beautiful 72 gallon bow front fish tank and our 30 gallon bow front fish tank. He has always taken care of the tanks, but I really missed having an aquarium. I a couple of weeks ago I purchased at 72 gallon bow front aquarium and stand. The tank and stand was on craigslist for $450. It came with a few starter fish and a couple $25 fish. It also came with two saltwater canister filters, crushed coral substrate, a 10 gallon bucket full of rock (not live rock, but i went ahead and put it in the tank to get it going), fish food, heater, thermometer, ph buffer, two test kits, chlorine remover, siphon, regular light, glass top. When I bought the tank, I moved about 3/4 of the water that had been in the tank (the aquarium has been established for a few months).
I guess my questions are...
Did I get a pretty good deal on this? I am hoping I did, but I guess just need some reassurance.
On my last aquarium (72 gallon bow front as well) I just had a regular over the back of the tank filter. The wonderful fish store we go to said that if I have a 72 gallon or less that we could use those types of filters, and they worked great for the set up that I did have.
I have no experience with canister filters, and I have looked up the directions online; they seem very complicated... I obviously didn't know what I was doing (this was before reading the directions) and couldn't get one of the canister filters to work so I thought I would open the lid to see what the issue was... apparently that was a mistake... 8 gallons of water on the carpet. So I just went and bought a filter that just goes on the back of the tank... Since my ex husband took care of the fish tank, I really didn't pay attention to what we had mechanically or when we put it in.... So I guess my questions are...
Do I have to have a protein skimmer?
Or do I need to wait until the tank is more established and I have more fish if I do need one?
How many power heads do I need?
Should I just sell the canister filters?
Is there a way to speed up the purple algae process for the rock i just put in?
Is there a way to tell when my tank is ready for adding the more expensive fish since this wasn't a new fish tank set up?
I would eventually like to get a purple tang, a fox face, a coral beauty angel or a flame angel, a fairy wrass of some kind, a couple peppermint shrimp, and I am not sure what else at this point. I would also like to get a couple sea anemones and maybe a couple coral. My only issue is that I know I need a different kind of light, but I am not sure which one. I don't remember what I had in my other tank. I know it had a "day" and a "moon" light. Does anyone have any more recommendations on fish that would live cohesively with the fish, anemones, or coral that I want for sure? And what kind of light I need if I eventually would like to get for the anemones , coral to survive? Thank you!
I just got a divorce and my ex-husband unfortunately got our well established beautiful 72 gallon bow front fish tank and our 30 gallon bow front fish tank. He has always taken care of the tanks, but I really missed having an aquarium. I a couple of weeks ago I purchased at 72 gallon bow front aquarium and stand. The tank and stand was on craigslist for $450. It came with a few starter fish and a couple $25 fish. It also came with two saltwater canister filters, crushed coral substrate, a 10 gallon bucket full of rock (not live rock, but i went ahead and put it in the tank to get it going), fish food, heater, thermometer, ph buffer, two test kits, chlorine remover, siphon, regular light, glass top. When I bought the tank, I moved about 3/4 of the water that had been in the tank (the aquarium has been established for a few months).
I guess my questions are...
Did I get a pretty good deal on this? I am hoping I did, but I guess just need some reassurance.
On my last aquarium (72 gallon bow front as well) I just had a regular over the back of the tank filter. The wonderful fish store we go to said that if I have a 72 gallon or less that we could use those types of filters, and they worked great for the set up that I did have.
I have no experience with canister filters, and I have looked up the directions online; they seem very complicated... I obviously didn't know what I was doing (this was before reading the directions) and couldn't get one of the canister filters to work so I thought I would open the lid to see what the issue was... apparently that was a mistake... 8 gallons of water on the carpet. So I just went and bought a filter that just goes on the back of the tank... Since my ex husband took care of the fish tank, I really didn't pay attention to what we had mechanically or when we put it in.... So I guess my questions are...
Do I have to have a protein skimmer?
Or do I need to wait until the tank is more established and I have more fish if I do need one?
How many power heads do I need?
Should I just sell the canister filters?
Is there a way to speed up the purple algae process for the rock i just put in?
Is there a way to tell when my tank is ready for adding the more expensive fish since this wasn't a new fish tank set up?
I would eventually like to get a purple tang, a fox face, a coral beauty angel or a flame angel, a fairy wrass of some kind, a couple peppermint shrimp, and I am not sure what else at this point. I would also like to get a couple sea anemones and maybe a couple coral. My only issue is that I know I need a different kind of light, but I am not sure which one. I don't remember what I had in my other tank. I know it had a "day" and a "moon" light. Does anyone have any more recommendations on fish that would live cohesively with the fish, anemones, or coral that I want for sure? And what kind of light I need if I eventually would like to get for the anemones , coral to survive? Thank you!
