Recent content by MSB256

Use deionized water. There may be varying opinions but it gives me peace of mind. If you want to start with a more inexpensive fish, I would suggest chromis. I think they are technically in the damsel family (aren't clownfish closely related too?) but chromis seem more friendly than damsels.

Thanks Grizz! Good point.

Thanks Island Hopper! The rock is still good. I actually took it out and put it in a 10 gallon nano. It was just a start for the 55 but fills out the 10 nicely. I'll do the water change and get it going again.

Maybe more like 35 to 40...

Hi everyone. I've been lurking this site through the iPhone app and decided to sign up. Thanks for the advice you all give! To try and make a long story short, we have a 55 gallon tank that we could not make a decision to keep or get rid of. It doesn't have any fish in it anymore, but it had...