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That sounds great. Live plants themselves can make this tank a whole new adventure for him. I would suggest you check out www.aquahobby.com. They have a great gallery with good info on lots of fish and plants. That site can give you a great idea of what fish you could add to what you have. :D

Hi all, I have a protein skimmer that was given to me. It's a seaclone 150 (?). The instructions show a way to set it up in a sump. I'd like to set it up that way if possible. I loved the link Stephen provided. I'm definitely intrigued with possibly setting up a refugium in the sump. Thank...

Hi! There sure is room to upgrade. He could get a nice Bala Shark. You could also look into some bottom dwellers like Cory Cats or even clown loaches. They will do well with Gourami's and an angel. I kept a 55 gal similar to that myself for 6 years. I currently donated my fish to a friend's...

Hi all, I just finished reading about sumps from the article posted on this site. Let me say that article was very helpful and very well written. I had heard of sumps being attached to a wet/dry filter system and having a skimmer set up in the sump. Can the sump be set up without a wet dry...

Thank you all for your help. I am able to get some playsand from home depot, so I think I will try that. I had heard that because of the make up of crushed coral that toxic bacteria and detrius build up deep withing the sand bed and overtime the excess will release back into your tank. How deep...

Thank you for your help. Argonite sounds like a good option. I heard crushed coral is no good. Someone told me that over time as detrius builds up, the coral will release toxins back into the water. Is there any truth to that? Thank you again for your help! :D

Hi all, I'm converting my 55 gal FW tank to a Saltwater FOWLR tank. Eventually I'd like to look into raising corals or other inverts, but for rifght now I'm starting slow. I have a 4" bed of fine gravel in the tank now. I'ts not as fine as play sand but not that far removed. I was wondering...

Hi all, I'm converting my 55 gal FW tank to a Saltwater FOWLR tank. Eventually I'd like to look into raising corals or other inverts, but for rifght now I'm starting slow. I have a 4" bed of fine gravel in the tank now. I'ts not as fine as play sand but not that far removed. I was wondering...