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If he says 1.50 per pound thats still a pretty good deal. Thats what we have been selling rock at and its a fair price IMO :)
 
Sucks, if you were around here I'd give you my 10 lbs of base rock I have left over for free. It's just sitting outside looking ugly.
 
Haha thats funny, i have about 10-15 lb too. Where are you located bear? Shipping isnt really worth it because it costs a tooon :(
 
Nu-Nu the eel said:
Definitly get a lid! Even if it is ugly like my old one (screen top) there is no worse feeling in the world then finding a jumper on your carpet :/
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Ain't that the truth.. Just found my wrasse.
 
scottayy said:
I would buy the crap out of those frags! lol
can't beat that price, and with proper care they will recover (plus some look really good already)
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Lol! I am going to need to drop some money on a nice light first. So it's gonna be awhile.



I'm planning on buying the box of ocean water from petco. Those are good right?
 
I bought a 5 gallon bucket of salt from petco and its good :) i dont know the name off the top of my head tho...
 
Bearchumjs said:
Lol! I am going to need to drop some money on a nice light first. So it's gonna be awhile.

I'm planning on buying the box of ocean water from petco. Those are good right?
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I'd just make my own, unless they can test it of course. Distilled water and reef crystals works perfect if your not wanting to buy a rodi filter.
 
Nu-Nu the eel said:
No way!! Where???
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The floor lol. And Scotty, yeah, it's a great fish if you get one that isn't aggressive, mine was lightly bullied by my bangaii from time to time!
 
Nu-Nu the eel said:
I bought a 5 gallon bucket of salt from petco and its good :) i dont know the name off the top of my head tho...
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Not the bucket of salt- the box of actual ocean water.
 
needmorecowbell said:
I'd just make my own, unless they can test it of course. Distilled water and reef crystals works perfect if your not wanting to buy a rodi filter.
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I think I'd probably start making my own but I don't want my tank empty anymore. The premixed water is easiest for me today I think. Especially since I'm not going to have anything living in the tank for a while. I'm going to try it.

I'm sorry about your wrasse. But I'm glad you found him and the mystery has been solved.
 
Is this your first saltwater tank? If so, I think a 5 gallon will be challenging.
 
Bearchumjs said:
I think I'd probably start making my own but I don't want my tank empty anymore. The premixed water is easiest for me today I think. Especially since I'm not going to have anything living in the tank for a while. I'm going to try it.

I'm sorry about your wrasse. But I'm glad you found him and the mystery has been solved.
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It could give you algae because you don't really know how much silicates are in it or if there is phosphates, just bad things in general. How about you just buy 5 gallons of distilled water and the smallest instant ocean salt mix possible ( i think it's 5 gallons.. Maybe 10 though). That would be more assuring in my opinion and I doubt it would be much more expensive. I do see where your coming and in the end, I don't think it really matters much as long as your not putting anything in it yet.

And thanks, I'm happy too.
 
needmorecowbell said:
It could give you algae because you don't really know how much silicates are in it or if there is phosphates, just bad things in general. How about you just buy 5 gallons of distilled water and the smallest instant ocean salt mix possible ( i think it's 5 gallons.. Maybe 10 though). That would be more assuring in my opinion and I doubt it would be much more expensive. I do see where your coming and in the end, I don't think it really matters much as long as your not putting anything in it yet.

And thanks, I'm happy too.
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Ok, you've made your point. I don't want algae in an empty tank... I'll buy RO and mix my own.
 
So there's this guy selling his 125 gal tank on CL. If I were able to get a few peices of his live rock (actually live, not "dried live rock") what would I need to do to keep it live? Just drop in a raw shrimp (in panty hose) until its cycled and then buy a live shrimp?

Will the raw shrimp start to smell bad or will I not notice it until I remove it?

I can't believe I'm actually starting this tank. I'm going to petco to buy a litterbox for our kitten that showed up at our house the other day. I'm going to pick up a small thing of salt and a hydrometer (I'll get a refractometer later) and a thermometer that isnt the stick to the outside of the tank kind. What's my ideal water temp? 78 degrees F? I'd like to have the water set to go before I add any rock.
 
Bearchumjs said:
So there's this guy selling his 125 gal tank on CL. If I were able to get a few peices of his live rock (actually live, not "dried live rock") what would I need to do to keep it live? Just drop in a raw shrimp (in panty hose) until its cycled and then buy a live shrimp?

Will the raw shrimp start to smell bad or will I not notice it until I remove it?

I can't believe I'm actually starting this tank. I'm going to petco to buy a litterbox for our kitten that showed up at our house the other day. I'm going to pick up a small thing of salt and a hydrometer (I'll get a refractometer later) and a thermometer that isnt the stick to the outside of the tank kind. What's my ideal water temp? 78 degrees F? I'd like to have the water set to go before I add any rock.
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Yup cycle it then add a CUC, then get a shrimp.

The shrimp will smell horrible... I had to remove mine because it was in my room...

Ideal temp is 79 IMO
 
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