Recent content by UCrazyKid

I'm planning on doing a reef tank. Currently I have 2 damsels, some base rock and coral skeletons. I'm going to ad more base rock, seed it with some live rock, and go for a fish and live rock only (FOWLR) tank in the near future. Currently the tank has been running for 2.5 months. Andy

So, I bought 50lbs of "bowl" lace rock from my LFS. It is cool looking dry/dead rock. I want to prepare it for placement in to my 60Gal Marine tank. I was told that it has already been steam sterilized. I was planning on scrubbing it dry with a wire brush to get off the old dirt, dust...

just buy Distilled water in 5 gal bottles from a look "pure water" store or the like. Runs about $5 for 10 gallons. it has worked great for me. Distilled water is more pure than RO. Some claim RO is better because some of the minerals that get through are better for reef tanks, ymmv. Andy

So I start calling around and now I'm finding out that I can get Distilled or RO. which is better? As far as adding sand. If I'm going to add live sand, then I need to have the water in first and have the salt mix correct, right? Jeeze this is a lot of work!!! So I'm thinking I'll start out...

Sorry, here are some more details. it is a 60 gallon tank that I plan on setting up as FOWLR I've got a great visual of me at the Walmart with 65 jugs of spring water. I plan on adding the water and then adding the salt to the tank and letting the filters/powerheads do the mixing.

So, I'm starting from scratch. Can I use tap water? Do I need to filter it? Do I need to get distilled? If I use tap, can I run it with my carbon packed Fluval to clean it for a few days? Can I then remove the carbon and add antibiotics to kill off unwanted stuff? I have a UV sterilizer too...

What is a Refugium or a Sump? I have a wetdry system and people are saying that is old school now.

What are these and where can I find info on them?

Well I don't have anything yet. I'm resurrecting a 60 gal system that has been in storage for 5 years. I now have the space for it and am trying to get started. So far I have it in my garage and I have polished out the scratches, fixed the filters so they no longer leak, refinished the cabinet...

Thanks for all the advice. I'll try running it in my garage before moving it to the house. Andy

Thanks for the welcoming! Well I don't have anything yet. I'm resurrecting a 60 gal system that has been in storage for 5 years. I now have the space for it and am trying to get started. So far I have it in my garage and I have polished out the scratches, fixed the filters so they no longer...

Any suggestions?