realmling
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I was figuring on either a 10 or 20 gal QT (proabaly 20 so I don't have to set up a larger one when we move on to bigger fish??)...but then do I make my own mini wet/dry for it, or would a decent canister filter be ok? And then what all else should go in it?
and the really dumb question for the day is...I can keep the QT in a different room, right? It would be small enough to go in my office off the main room the rest of our tanks are in....and I wouldn't have to constantly explain what that odd little aquarium in the corner is when people come over. (unless I put a really big sign on it)
For the 55gal DT, I'm planning on small basic clean up crew of assorted snails & hermits (I love the little halloween ones), a pair of Firefish gobies, and a pair of clowns(if the husband and I can agree on which type of clowns anyway). Four fish and some inverts should be a good starter for us I figure.
And, since our one "decent" LFS have the greatest selection for base or live rock...and the closest good LFS is 2 or 4 hours away depending on where we go....what could I collect on my own from the abundant geology around us that would work for base rock? Sandstones? igneous basalts? limestone? ....I'm just figuring on the bottom most layers of rock that would end up under the sand and be the foundation, building on top of that with the live rock. (though I'm guessing that limestone would end up being too calcitic for an aquarium...but I study the rocks themselves...no water chemistry...though I guess I'll have to start that now
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and the really dumb question for the day is...I can keep the QT in a different room, right? It would be small enough to go in my office off the main room the rest of our tanks are in....and I wouldn't have to constantly explain what that odd little aquarium in the corner is when people come over. (unless I put a really big sign on it)
For the 55gal DT, I'm planning on small basic clean up crew of assorted snails & hermits (I love the little halloween ones), a pair of Firefish gobies, and a pair of clowns(if the husband and I can agree on which type of clowns anyway). Four fish and some inverts should be a good starter for us I figure.
And, since our one "decent" LFS have the greatest selection for base or live rock...and the closest good LFS is 2 or 4 hours away depending on where we go....what could I collect on my own from the abundant geology around us that would work for base rock? Sandstones? igneous basalts? limestone? ....I'm just figuring on the bottom most layers of rock that would end up under the sand and be the foundation, building on top of that with the live rock. (though I'm guessing that limestone would end up being too calcitic for an aquarium...but I study the rocks themselves...no water chemistry...though I guess I'll have to start that now