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I just realized as im looking at my tanks that freshwater has gotten way to easy for me. My tank hasn't had a disease or a death for over 6 months. I do my water changes weekly, test hte water about once a month (if i remember) and feed different foods every day to every other day. ive got a 55 gallon african cichlid tank and a 10 gallon planted tank and they are both thriving beautifully.
Anyway i saw this great setup, a 72 gallon bowfront that comes with everything you need for a saltwater aquarium including like the canister filter, protein skimmer adn etc. Im just wondering ive seen some other setups that are drilled out for a sump wet/dry but this one wasn't drilled so im guessing it could be for FW or SW. Do you have to have a sump for SW or could i do a 72 gallon tank with just a canister filter?.
Also ive heard that you don't do as many water changes with saltwater as you do with freshwater... i guess the protein skimmer takes care of the Dissolved organic compounds and the sand takes care of the nitrates??? Im not quite sure how it works.
BTW... id id read the articles on the site, ive been browsing and reading for quite a while but this is my first post and i have a ton of questions so any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks again
Nicole
Anyway i saw this great setup, a 72 gallon bowfront that comes with everything you need for a saltwater aquarium including like the canister filter, protein skimmer adn etc. Im just wondering ive seen some other setups that are drilled out for a sump wet/dry but this one wasn't drilled so im guessing it could be for FW or SW. Do you have to have a sump for SW or could i do a 72 gallon tank with just a canister filter?.
Also ive heard that you don't do as many water changes with saltwater as you do with freshwater... i guess the protein skimmer takes care of the Dissolved organic compounds and the sand takes care of the nitrates??? Im not quite sure how it works.
BTW... id id read the articles on the site, ive been browsing and reading for quite a while but this is my first post and i have a ton of questions so any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks again
Nicole