Recent content by ez29

hi i was wondering if you can use river sand in a marine aquarium. i found a product here in japan that is made by the famous aquariast, Takashi Amano and its called bright sand. it says it has no additives and the grains have no effect on water condtions.

may i use sand from the beach? i live on okinawa japan and its legal to do so. thank you

hi him in kinda of a predicament here. i live in japan so reading stuff isnt easy. i recently went to a hardware store and i saw large bags with sand. it was 150 yen a bag(only a dollar 50!!!) but the bag is just plain and no label. just a big bag of sand that has little broek nshells in it and...

Hi im new to the marine scene and have finally came to a decision on going the FO route. i cant get my hands on live rock unless i go into the local reefs and collect sum on the bottom. but i was wondering will my fish be happy still with a FO setup and will i be able to have shrimp, snails...

just wondering if you are going to have just a FOWLR, do you absolutely have to have this system(RO/DI)

hi i found out that the rules on the island here on okianwa japan (military) is that you can take rocks but you cannot do it with scuba equipment. so as that is said i have scuba stuff and snorkel stuff. i as wondering if getting live rock from the ocean is a good idea and if it is what should...

im going to be getting a tank that comes with a light fixture and a filter. the lighting is a 32 watt light and the tank is a 41-43 gallon. will the 32 allow me to grow standard lighting plants? because i have a 29 now which has a only 20 watt lighting and i have plants in there that are doing...

hi everyone im kinda new to AA and i was just wondering if i could have your suggestions on this new tank ive been looking at. i live overseas for military reasons (japan). the items in at my lfs are obviusly going to be in japanese but its basically just tetra stuff just converted to japanese...

can you turn base rock into live rock without using "real" live rock? if so can you use live sand to turn base rock into live rock? thanks, any help is appreciated

hi everyone im new to AA and i already have a well established FW tank and i wanna start up a new 29 gal SW tank. first can you all maybe give me advice on what are good filters( are canisters any good? but yea and also i was wonderin if i culd maybe get rocks from the beach(not i nthe ocean)...