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    120 gal set-up considering. What are your thoughts?

    I am considering buying a set up that is being advertised locally. It is a 120 gal set up that the guy was accumulating but now has to sell so it has never been used. * 120 gal glass Oceanic Reef ready w/ dual overflows (48x24x24) * Redmond Reef EX240 refugium 30 gal sump with 40 watt JBL...
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    Thoughts on this set-up

    I plan on getting a RO/DI unit. Probably one off of eBay that I have heard people mention. As far as fish I am thinking of a tang, clowns, butterfly ... but I need to do better research to enure compatability and ensure the tank set up works. I was thinking the depth of the tank may not...
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    Thoughts on this set-up

    I am new to saltwater and looking at purchasing a 100-125 gal set-up maybe a package deal to keep it simple for me. A LFS has the following: 130 gal acrylic 48x24x32 (Acrylic Design) 4x96, 2 actinics ASM G1 Oceanrunner 3500 sump stand and canopy for $1,500 I know the pros/cons of acrylic over...
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    90-125 gal set up. Several questions from a confused rookie

    I am new to SW and have been reading as much as I can and have several books. I may be getting into information overload from reading various opinions about what is needed. I want to do a 90-125 gal FOWLR. I am thinking of getting acrylic (Tenecor) rather than glass. I realize acrylic costs...
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    New tank: jump start cycle with bio wheel in existing tank?

    It appears my existing 12 gal Eclipse at home has cycled (I need to do a pwc and take new reading tonight). I am going to start a new 12 gal Eclipse at my office. I was thinking of putting the new tanks bio wheel into my existing tank to let it get some bacteria before I start up the new tank...
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    Follow-up on my cycling / Bio Spira problem

    I had posted a few days ago about starting my new tank with a full load of fish and Bio Spira but am now seeing bacteria hovering around 1 ppm. I did a 25 % pwc on Monday and as of late Tuesday the ammonia was back up to 1 again and no nitrites. I called around to several other LFC's (in...
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    New tank, did my Bio Spira not work?

    Betta in 3 gal The Betta seems to be doing fine in the Eclipse. Many times I see it hovering up near the filter outflow so I don't think it is a problem.
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    New tank, did my Bio Spira not work?

    Ordered my Bio Spira from a site mentioned on this forum and as suggested from the site had it shipped two day mail. I even went home at lunch and got the pkg from the porch and put it into the refrigerator for 5 days. My tank is a 12 gal Eclipse and a 3 gal Eclipse. I tested the water...
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    Using Bio-Spira in a new tank

    I am a complete newbie. I am starting out small with an Eclipse 12. I set up the tank and finally found ammonia at the store over the weekend. Sunday I filled the tank in anticipation of starting the cycle on Monday. By Monday after reading various threads on this forum I decided to use...
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