kylebacc
Aquarium Advice Regular
Hey,
I have been reading this forum for a few hours and decided it is definatly worth while to register and ask questions
Yesterday, I went to my LFS with a friend and I ended up spending $123.43 on saltwater conversion supplies when all i was doing was trying to get some freshwater fish. Go figure. Anyway, that's not the problem, it's just that now that I got all this stuff and did what the dealer told me to do, I don't know where to go.
They told me to come back in on Friday (tomorrow) for some fish. But let me first tell you what I have:
29 gal Aquarium
30 gal and 70 gal HOB filters
20 lbs live sand...thinking I may want some more...its not very much
A hydrometer that is now reading 1.025
And i put in some of this ph balancing stuff that the LFS sold me
Anyway now I am reading these forums and it sounds like I shouldn't be going back for fish tomorrow? Also, the guy at the LFS told me that in order to have all the cool reefs and moving things in the tank I would have to spend a million or so dollars for lighting. Keeping in mind I am sixteen, I didn't want to spend all that. So he said I could do a FO tank and keep my same light. But then I was reading on this forum that there is FOWLR tanks. Do I need the expensive lights for LR? What is the difference in LR and reef or corals? Or for that matter anemones and urchins. I know a lot of this may seem a little...basic but I need to learn it sometime
Anyway, I just need some (or a lot) of advice on where to go from here. Should I go back and buy the $6.99 fish that he told me they would start me off with to cycle the tank? Can I do the LR thing? Is it pretty?
Thanks so much in advance,
Kyle
I have been reading this forum for a few hours and decided it is definatly worth while to register and ask questions
Yesterday, I went to my LFS with a friend and I ended up spending $123.43 on saltwater conversion supplies when all i was doing was trying to get some freshwater fish. Go figure. Anyway, that's not the problem, it's just that now that I got all this stuff and did what the dealer told me to do, I don't know where to go.
They told me to come back in on Friday (tomorrow) for some fish. But let me first tell you what I have:
29 gal Aquarium
30 gal and 70 gal HOB filters
20 lbs live sand...thinking I may want some more...its not very much
A hydrometer that is now reading 1.025
And i put in some of this ph balancing stuff that the LFS sold me
Anyway now I am reading these forums and it sounds like I shouldn't be going back for fish tomorrow? Also, the guy at the LFS told me that in order to have all the cool reefs and moving things in the tank I would have to spend a million or so dollars for lighting. Keeping in mind I am sixteen, I didn't want to spend all that. So he said I could do a FO tank and keep my same light. But then I was reading on this forum that there is FOWLR tanks. Do I need the expensive lights for LR? What is the difference in LR and reef or corals? Or for that matter anemones and urchins. I know a lot of this may seem a little...basic but I need to learn it sometime
Anyway, I just need some (or a lot) of advice on where to go from here. Should I go back and buy the $6.99 fish that he told me they would start me off with to cycle the tank? Can I do the LR thing? Is it pretty?
Thanks so much in advance,
Kyle