gemach7
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Had a spare tank and thought I'd try my hand at saltwater.
Have read a couple of the start ups on the web and used as place to start.
Tank is a 15 gallon long.
So far have put in 20lbs of live sand, 5 lbs of live rock and some dry rock. While the dry rock becomes live I put on 2 disassembled aqueon 30 quiet flow filters for water flow. I purchased a light fixture to hold 2 coralife 10,000k t8 24" bulbs for eventual coral. Have not installed this thinking would just promote algae at this stage, so only have a standard t5 running at the moment.
My main questions are from different viewpoints I have read.
1) I could use only a protein skimmer and live rock for filtration?
2) should I put the coral growing light for the live rock only; would this speed up the process of making the dry rock live?
3) what size and type of flow pumps should I install? Circulating/wave? Brand?
4) and are the t8's enough/too much light for coral and what kinds would grow best for when the tank is ready for that?
Have read a couple of the start ups on the web and used as place to start.
Tank is a 15 gallon long.
So far have put in 20lbs of live sand, 5 lbs of live rock and some dry rock. While the dry rock becomes live I put on 2 disassembled aqueon 30 quiet flow filters for water flow. I purchased a light fixture to hold 2 coralife 10,000k t8 24" bulbs for eventual coral. Have not installed this thinking would just promote algae at this stage, so only have a standard t5 running at the moment.
My main questions are from different viewpoints I have read.
1) I could use only a protein skimmer and live rock for filtration?
2) should I put the coral growing light for the live rock only; would this speed up the process of making the dry rock live?
3) what size and type of flow pumps should I install? Circulating/wave? Brand?
4) and are the t8's enough/too much light for coral and what kinds would grow best for when the tank is ready for that?