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I'm in the process of doing all my homework in preperation of setting up a reef aquarium, and like all noobies I'm getting hung up on the lighting end of the process. I already have a 55g tank and I need to build a hood for it, but I'm not sure which lighting I am going with so I dont know how...

Is using RO/DI or distilled water totally vital to the health of a reef aquarium? Will the fish/coral die with using treated tap water? Could you just use like one of the tap water purifiers? like Britta or Pur? They remove alot of stuff from the water, like calcium, heavy metals etc....They...

Ok im at a point where i am goin to begin start purchasing lighting for my tank. I plan on having some corals probably not any stoney corals. I originally planned on metal halides and vho actinics, but i decided not to because of the heat issues. So i am torn between VHO and PC both are...

From my understanding all LR is very porus* so that the tiny bacteria and tiny organisms have a place to hang out (provide surface area)...sooo i was wondering if you could use lava rock, like the kind commonly used in pond filters could be seeded for LR? It seems to me that u reefers...

When reading this keep in mind im trying to build a mountian sized tank with a mole hill of cash and am trying to keep things as cheap as a can but still get a good setup. First off this will be my very first saltwater tank ever, and im probably going in way over my head. However i do work at...