Recent content by Wooster

one of the great things about saltwater is liverock. having enough, at least 1 pound per gallon, would be necessary in order for the rock to be an effective biological filter in your system, ideally you would have about 1.5 to even 2 pounds of live rock per gallon to fully exploit its benifits...

you could do a fishless cycle with raw coctail shrimp from the mart, which can save you from many potential headaches. one of the reasons that you will have to be vigilant regarding to water quality is that you cannot really get an effective protein skimmer on a 10 gal. and especially if you...

yep those sound like diatoms, and they should go away on their own soon, I know it is hard to wait being that I was there too but they will burn themselves out. are you using tap water for water changes or topoffs?

nice :thumb: what all are you going to put in it?

how long have you had your clown alone in the tank for. and how mature is it?

one question, do you have a "2-prong" wall socket where you put an adapter for "3-prong" sockets that you then plug your tank stuff into?

well, i do not suggest a 10 gal. for your first SW tank. but anyway, you would not NEED (however is nice to have) a skimmer for that small of a tank, and it may be hard to find one that would fit. you may need an airstone or pump, or if ther may already be one in it (specified on box of the...

heh, looks like you beat me. :D

a refugium is where one would grow pods to feed their fish and/or macro algae to make use of nutrient export which helps to cut down on micro algae (that annoying green crud) and bad bad cyanobacteria growth (red slimy stuff). those i believe are the main reasons.

i would not take sand from the beach period JMO. because it is highly possible that there could be things you do not want in your system in there like different toxins or such for example

false or true percs. would be best, but i think sebae clowns and pink skunk clowns can go with a carpet as well

nuff said? :lol:

sorry, double post-oops :roll:

that is correct, you do not want to add salt to your top offs due to the fact that salt does not eveporate with the water.

personally, i like kent marine "liquid calcium"