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I don't. I see the merits for it, but I feel with a deep enough sand bed and my rocks firmly wedged deep into the bed, that the sand alone will distribute the weight. I could be wrong but i've never had a need to. With the bigger tanks I probably should and probably will on the 200.
I would start with soft coral. Zoa's are my favorite as they are colorful and come with an added bonus, they close up and stay closed when something is wrong with the water, basically a little warning system.
Be sure that neighbor knows saltwater. I have heard to many horror stories. Anything from to much food to the wrong topoff water to leaving the lights off to save you some money....yeah right.
I have another question: Can someone help me figure out how much base rock and live rock I should get. I want to cut down on the LR cause I am one of those environmental gurus.
Thanks thincat! I have another question. I want to get people ideas on what to have in a 32g FOWLR tank. You could add corals as well. Here it is: If I gave you a 32g tank for a saltwater set up what would you put in it?
**EDIT** And where can you buy pre made sumps -that you don't have to drill you tank- at?
Okay I was just waying my options so they are not for beginners then.
I also might be getting my hands on another larger tank. I don't know the size but the people I am getting it from think its between a 55 to 90 gallon tank. So I will be getting that for free. It just needs to be resiloconed with fish safe silocon!