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Thanks Mike...well I guess just getting the sand is expensive though. I have some live sand but would like to see if there is some established pods ect in the sand, even just sand shipped is pretty expensive. Of the top of your head do you know the cost of sand at LFS..it costs about .78 shipped...

Thanks Phil, I don't know I Googled and looked everything up. The best thing is other then say Dr Fosters their shipping is great. I read maybe 5 pages of testimonials and everything was positive. They take the same approach as say Smiths LR I guess using big vats to aquaculture the live sand. I...

Hey Kevin and Steve welcome....make sure you join up as memembers well worth it. Looking forward to some pics. James

Please someone correct me if I am wrong but I think that only some of the bacteria can grow on the bio balls while you get the second stage(or third?) growing deeper in the LR.

Has anyone ordered from them directly or through eBay? They have the live sand I am looking for and the price is very good. Looks legit but I would be more comfortable if someone here could tell me they are decent.

Nice job, I read a bit on those Rio Nanno skimmers, they seem to be pretty decent for what you pay for them. If anything they are a little bit difficult to get working right. Make sure if you go over to Mike's that you ask him how the skimmer works and what it should look like. BTW you can still...

Hey Justin that is great. Let me know what you need to get rid of. I would be interested in the firefish and maybe some live rock and or sand if you want. Let me know what you want for it OK?

No it is not like the Fission Nano, thankfully you didn't get that one. In any case your next step should be to look for some live rock like I said look around here. If you understand some live rock may not be totally cured(cured is getting rid of the dead matter on live rock a process...

Well can you give me the name brand on the skimmer? Most skimmers will really only pull gunk out of the water if it is there to pull...ie no fish no fish poop no gunk. When you put in live rock you might have some die off so then yes. Putting in some power heads for flow would be good how about...

What skimmer did you buy? Yes the water is ready to go. If you want to save some money look here for live rock that someone is selling. You will pay half and get better life on it. Aquatic Obsessions is just north of you too. I would consider checking the store out if I were you. What sand do...

I agree with Jonathan sort of. They are more then willing to talk to you but they have an incredible bias against nano tanks. The good news is that after you see what kind of prices things are you will come back and listen to us ;). You really should see if you can find some good second hand...

You are not kidding. Just setting up a 120 is killer. Those gadgets too ACjr auto top off then a couple vortex...nononononono must stop. :P

How much would you like for the two firefish? Bummer about the tank, hope your mom realizes how conscientious you are.

Hey I know the answer to this. I had an electrician over to wire my tank outlets. They have a tool that goes around the main line coming into the fuse box that will show what you house is drawing in at a particular time. Mine was very low it did spike once the AC kicked on but overall I am...

OK I gave you a big rundown on a few things in the other thread. Now I will save you some money. Next month we have a group buy at Premium Aquatics. You can buy salt(there is some on sale), skimmer maybe an Octopus hang on skimmer if you so desire. You save 15%, get to pick it up free of...

Hey Ryan don't get upset at folks. I warned you that there a lot of differences of opinions. Universally though RO/DI water is the way to go. Topiquarium will even sell you premixed salt water for $1.00 RO/DI water for $.50. For your tank you can use their premix saltwater. I have had very good...

Save your $24.99 and send me $10 bucks and I will let you curse at me. PIECE OF CRAP they shouldn't be allowed to sell them.

RO/DI water is water that has been specially filtered. You can get a unit from one of our venders, next month is a group buy, they generally cost between 100-150 that would give you a lot of water. I bought mine from Tropiquarium for the first year premade but as I gear up for my bigger tank I...

Forgot you will be doing water changes to export the nutrients added by your fish and to replenish nutrients used by your corals.

You need to use RO/DI water. For a 30 gallon tank you can get away with buying the water. Tap water has a lot of stuff you don't want some of the local fish stores (LFS) sell water you can buy 5 G at a time. Remember when you add rock you will displace water so you will not need a full 30 G...