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A skimmer would be pointless. I would do partial water changes once a week to keep up or even using a good amount of live rock with live sand will help out with filtration.

I wouldn't see why you shouldn't. I used to have Tonga Branch with Fiji rock and it looked fine.

If you're cycling fishless; I'd hold up on buying any fish. Damsels are very aggressive, and are hard to have in with most other fish even large ones. Unless you have your heart set on damsels then go for it. But their are other fish out there that you can get that are great first time SW...

I would use a skimmer. Adding a skimmer can stop the unwanted cyano from infilitrating your system.

Well thanks for the welcome and advice on the sand issue. I've done some moving around and things have settled down considerably. All levels are looking good, but I'm still not going to be putting in any fish until next month sometime. I have no doubt I killed alot of benefical bacteria when...

I have one bucket to mix SW in, and one to take water out of. Both of mine are five gallon containers. I remember my first water change was horrible. I had water all over the counter, floor, and myself.

My tank crashed a few months ago due to disease that wiped out everything. I had picked up a Lawnmower Blenny, and instead of putting it into a QT I had put it straight into the main tank. Well it brought in Marine Velvet, and precided to wipe out everything in my tank. Yesterday I replaced...

In my previous tank I had two of them. They can and do jump out of tanks especially if they get stressed out. So I'd be careful if you do get one. They are really cool little fish to have. Mine were so observate of anything moving around. Especially if a hermit crab walked by those little...