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Stanley

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Moscow, Idaho
OK, so I found this great place and just in time. I've been doing alot of reading here and really appreciate the fact that there are so many helpful people who stop by.

I finally stopped thinking about it and just went out and bought a tank and stand, with hood last week. I thought I had it all figured out after reading "Saltwater Aquariums for Dummies" and a little peeking at some websites. Oh, boy.

Here's what I bought online so far that's on it's way to me:

Fluval 304 canister filter
Prism skimmer
Ebo-Jager 150W. heater
12X36 UGF (that it doesn't sound like I'll be using)

And the tank/stand 47Gal. Bowfront (kinda small, but kinda a great deal.)

So, that's where I'm at. The tank is sitting empty so I have to look at it everyday and I've got a bunch of stuff coming to me and a rinky-dink pet store here in town that carries (some) saltwater equipment and supplies. I will be getting (I think) my sand and rock from them as well as my food, chemicals and I bought the Fluval because that's what they sell and they have a good supply of parts and filter cartriges and such.

I am going to have a boatload of questions after I get my big box-O-stuff and thought I would intoduce myself before I got started.

I'll be back,

Stanley
 
You've come to the right place, I've been thinking about saltwater recently and have gotten a ton of help from the more experienced people here.
 
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to AquariumAdvice.com!!

Glad to see you have aquired the addiction :mrgreen: As for the 47 bowfront, it's not too small, most prefer larger, but I have seen some bang up 46bow displays :wink: Before we try to aid any in the set up, you'll need to tell us what type of SW tank your looking to do; Reef, Fish Only with Live Rock (FOWLR), or Fish Only(FO). The answer to this question will way heavy in the advice we might give. For example, unless your looking to do a FO setup, I would recommend returnning the cannister filter and buying a few powerheads and relying on the LR and LS to filter the aquarium for you.
 
Oh yea......I forgot.

My intent is to do a reef setup. Live rock is available here for about 5 bucks a pound but I haven't really researched the type they sell, it's quality....etc. Live sand I'm not real sure about. I saw a big bag of wet sand at the store and it claimed to have a bazzion live organisms in it. They also have a small selection of fish and I figure that I'd start with a couple of their, shall we say, cheap fish. There is a large saltwater only store that's about a 3 hour drive from where I live and I need to make the journey but time is a little tight with these pesky accellerated summer classes.

Lose the canister filter huh?

So if I go the Power head route how many of them should I need?

So many questions......

Thanks for the warm invite folks!

Stanley
 
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