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i agree. the puffer i had ate everything. i had to donate him to my local elementary school. sailfin mollys are tail biters. angels can be a little territorial but they do coexist well with most species of communnity fish.

you know, i have heard the same thing but i have a strange collection of fish in my "aggressive tank" i have 1 african ciclid, a large parrotfish, 1 oscar,1 little rosy barb, 1green sevrum. i was told that they would not coexisist but my tank gets along very well. so i would say that you may...

so i think i got it now . well maybe :roll: here goes: a 50 gal tank with 600 gph flow spread between the wavemaker powerheads x4 and a 400 gph overflow to sump with a protein skimmer and a 4x36w helios fixture. need a good base of live sand 4" or so. a good 40lbs of live rock to start. is...

are the powerheads in a kind of cross pattern. to give a crossing current pattern. in my fresh if i were to do that my fish would freak. but in a reef there are a number of currents the animals are dealing with.

i think that i have been confused as to the difference between the two and found that my questions have not been concise enough. fowlr is that not "fish only with live rock"? if so then technically wouldn't that be a reef tank

since i last logged on i went down to the lfs and found that the guys there are not at all knowledgeable and tried to sell me on a bunch of really expensive fixtures. i did however find one that looked good for my application. it is a helios 4x36 using realux light bulbs. is this going to...

ok so what about the overflow? does that have a flow rating as well?

cant you have fish and coral together?

i just read the article and i think that it would be in my best intrest to cure myself in the main tank as it is empty now right? will this help in getting the tank started as well? it seems to me that it would.

great thanks. this all new and greek to me

thanks!!!!

the dimensions are as follows 20"deep 15"wide 36"long. not quite sure on the livestock issue yet. i do know that we want corals, anemones, and definately fish.

ok so i need a wave maker. but how many powerheads? if i understand correctly the flow should be roughly 500gph

what kind of time frame is a tank generally cycled? and what do you mean cured rock? i am geting the picture as to the waiting for the tank to cycle befor adding livestock, but dont you need some livestock to get it all going? you do in a freshie.

what ratio should we use to determine amount of mh light and no actinic. i am pretty handy with things and probably build anything. any suggestions for a 50g fowlr tank?

why have an overflow? if the tank is set up to one level of water then how can it possibly overflow? or is there something im missing.

so can you guys suggest other great starter fish? also now that i know about the reef being a little more difficult ie water quality and so on i think im going to start with a fowlr. do i need a sump? if so what size would be best? is there a site i can visit that can show and tell? besides...

hey um quick dumb question from a newbie. if lr is live rock and ls is live sand then what is dsb?

so in that case should the water flow in the tank be a large amount like 25% or should it be less?

is a wave maker or osciwave an important addition? i think im leaning toward a reef tank but not sure. what do these devices do?

thanks! i am planning on starting out with a blue damsel, a yellowtail damsel we definately want anemonies,some stars, crab, shrimp i guess we want a reef? what is the difference between the two (reef and fowlr) i really have no clue. i thought that a reef has fish and has live rock. thanks...

i am wanting to start a new saltwater reef tank. i have a 50 gal acrylic tank and an eheim 2017 filter. what do i need to do this. im very experienced in fresh water as i have a couple of tanks that are in great living order. my salt water tank is going to be located on the second floor in a...