fishlips12
Aquarium Advice Activist
Okay here is my new strategy based on the great advice Please let me know what you think.
For the substrate (DSB) I will use the recommended "home depot " sand for the first 3 .5 inches and then top it off (1 inch) with live sand. The live rock goes in first and then the DSB .. right????
I am gravitating away from the RIO pump and will likely go with Mag Drive Supreme 7 (700gph). This will turnover our 55 gal corner tank 12 times per hour.
Once I get the sump in I will remove the bio balls.
Still undecided about ordering the live rock online or not . My fear being that I will have to cure much of it while the LFS will supply cured rock at 4.99 a pound. Either way I will use about 65 pounds of rock 100% of it to be live.
What do you think about usning the "pretreated" water from the LFS. I am a bit leary of this. But then again for a first timer like myself I will likely screw up conditioning the water.
My last question is lighting. The advice was that the compact light may be a bit too low(dual light/ 24" /65w). I can not afford the halides and the corner tank that I have may be too restrictive in it's shape. What other options do I have . We will eventually put low light inverts and soft corals in but nothing too fancy that would require these expensive and hot halides.
For the substrate (DSB) I will use the recommended "home depot " sand for the first 3 .5 inches and then top it off (1 inch) with live sand. The live rock goes in first and then the DSB .. right????
I am gravitating away from the RIO pump and will likely go with Mag Drive Supreme 7 (700gph). This will turnover our 55 gal corner tank 12 times per hour.
Once I get the sump in I will remove the bio balls.
Still undecided about ordering the live rock online or not . My fear being that I will have to cure much of it while the LFS will supply cured rock at 4.99 a pound. Either way I will use about 65 pounds of rock 100% of it to be live.
What do you think about usning the "pretreated" water from the LFS. I am a bit leary of this. But then again for a first timer like myself I will likely screw up conditioning the water.
My last question is lighting. The advice was that the compact light may be a bit too low(dual light/ 24" /65w). I can not afford the halides and the corner tank that I have may be too restrictive in it's shape. What other options do I have . We will eventually put low light inverts and soft corals in but nothing too fancy that would require these expensive and hot halides.