Hi all, I am so thrilled to be a part of this community! Forums are absolutely the best place to get information in such a hobby as this! Thank you in advance for all the wonderful advice I am sure to receive here!!!!
OK, here goes....I just bought a 70 gallon tank. I put crushed coral substrate in the tank. The water is in. I am in Metro-Detroit, water quality here is the tops. I dechlored and added salt. I have a powerhead in there, a heater, and I am running a Fluvo filter for mech filtration. I plan on putting in a sump where I will put the heater and possibly a protein skimmer. I want to do this on the cheap, the pumps were like $90! Any other alternatives, like using a fountain pump from Home Depot, for example? I will put the live rock in after the tank settles a bit.
I will pick up a testing kit tomorrow. Any other advice for start up?
Oh yes, I do have four powerheads. This should be enough, eh? Also, the LFS, which is considered very good around here, said the Fluvo can't hurt--it will serve well for mechanical filtration and 'what the heck, hook it up!' So I did. I don't plan on adding fish anytime soon. The water is quite cloudy right now from the new substrate. The Fluvo should help with that, eh?
OK, here goes....I just bought a 70 gallon tank. I put crushed coral substrate in the tank. The water is in. I am in Metro-Detroit, water quality here is the tops. I dechlored and added salt. I have a powerhead in there, a heater, and I am running a Fluvo filter for mech filtration. I plan on putting in a sump where I will put the heater and possibly a protein skimmer. I want to do this on the cheap, the pumps were like $90! Any other alternatives, like using a fountain pump from Home Depot, for example? I will put the live rock in after the tank settles a bit.
I will pick up a testing kit tomorrow. Any other advice for start up?
Oh yes, I do have four powerheads. This should be enough, eh? Also, the LFS, which is considered very good around here, said the Fluvo can't hurt--it will serve well for mechanical filtration and 'what the heck, hook it up!' So I did. I don't plan on adding fish anytime soon. The water is quite cloudy right now from the new substrate. The Fluvo should help with that, eh?