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nope its glass....

u can cycle an aquarium quicker usung established rock, sand, and filter media. some fish stores with have live rock and used filtration media to help kickstart the cycle process. u will still have to test water levels to make sure the cycle has still completed before adding fish.

Here are some pics

this is my freshwater tank thats just been turned to saltwater, here are some progress shots,

Still got it. Just been converted to saltwater.

Non fish related pics

If your unsure, can't find a catagory, or there is more than one species in the pic...put it here.

Full tank pics here

Update....

well we do have a hermit crab and the dragon wrasse that wont let anything hit the bottom of the tank....haha also a mantis shrimp thats elusive, but not doing any damage @ the moment

Excuse my ignorance...... Whats a CUC? propbly heard of it before but dont know the abbrv? we do have a 240 gal but thats currently FW , my missus also works for a aquarium store so as soon as anything gets too large it goes back to the shop in the 300 gal storefront display,

Well we started this about 12 months ago now. its more a work in progress! Stock list off top of my head.... 4 blue/green chromis Clown Trigger Green dragon wrasse Blue Ribbon Eel Zebra Moray Eel Snowflake Moray Eel Large anenome and Maroon Clown pair Valintini trigger (me thinks, cant...

My biggest blunder was unknowingly knockin a roll of sticky tape into a 8ft tank with some very large and very loved fish.... two days later the tank was white and most of the fish dieing... Very sad

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Yeah black is the go... the fish really try and blend in with colouful backgrounds... Solid colours and the fish really stand out.

Phosphates are only one part of the equasion.... plants need more than that to survive, and like us need a good balance of nutrients for great health.

Phosphates are common in sydney water.... Not to mention because of the low water levels in the dam they are double dosing chlorines... to kill of the cryptospiridium and Blue green...

I'm in the process of an exchange program for the rainbows... I'll get 20 juviniles and grow them up to colour and then swap them for some more juvi' keeping the best stock from the adults. Those wil go into breeding setups... And hopefully make some $$$$:)