Recent content by seadonkey

Thanks guys! :)

I like to know a minimum so I know where to start....I can say "okay, this is the line you do not cross/go below - now...work up from there" ...it gives me a jumping off point. I was looking at the Custom SeaLife PowerCompact with Moon-Lite (4x65w - (2) 10,000K Premium-Daylight & (2)...

Wow, now I feel like a goober. lol. I could have sworn the page said that she had to glue the corals because they kept coming loose, floating around, and then reattaching in a different location, and she had to position them so that they wouldn't try to wage war on each other. I'll try to find...

Now that I have this 55gal to use as well, I am curious on lighting for it. What would you use as minimum lighting for a 55gal reef? I know the next question will be - well that depends on what you keep in it - I'm not exactly sure yet, but let's just say that I won't, for a long long time...

I was reading a few days back that someone had glued their corals and stuff in place....so they wouldn't move around. Is that..okay? It seems so...cruel and mean. :( Poor babies.

I've never tested the strength of glass....but... I have a 55 gal tank with stand, the stand is not solid at the top, it's like...a frame and the fish tank sits into it perfectly but the bottom of the tank is open to the air, if that makes sense? I mean, it has no support other than the frame...

Any suggestions on corals for a newb? :mrgreen: The fish I've been looking into and reading about are: clownfish(I know for sure I want clownfish), gobbies, blennies, basslets, cardinals and damsels. I'm not planning on having all of them in there at once, just these are the ones that have...

Actually, I was thinking more along the lines of a few months with nothing but live sand and some base rock, then a few months with the live rock...and then possibly 3-6 more months on top of that. :oops: I'm thinking it would probably be more wise to get the sand, base and live rock and do...

These might be stupid questions...but... Is it "okay" to set up a tank (which will eventually be a reef tank) and have it running with just the live sand and/or live rock for awhile? I mean...as in...just allowing the sand and rock to grow and cultivate for months before adding fish. Or will...

Thanks everyone! :)

How much would you pay for a 55 gal tank w/stand? I've been searching around out of curiousity and the prices seem to jump around all over the place, I can't seem to find a common number. Any ideas of a basic price range? What would you consider to be a good deal?

Well, I know that I want clownfish, even if it's just one or two in a smaller tank without all the glit and glam. I have three tanks at the moment, two of which are available, one is ten gallon and the other is....twenty I think, I may be wrong though. I just mostly want to get the feel of...

Hi there! :) New member here. I'm starting from scratch here, and I plan to go very very slowly about this, because I don't have the money to pop out all at once. So, I was wondering if someone could give me a rundown of the bare-bone basics for a saltwater tank? I don't even mean live rock or...