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palileo

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just starting a 75 gallon. i've had damsels and hermit crabs for 2 weeks. looking for live rock. looking to start a reef tank. need about 100 pounds? i have crushed coral, medium sized.

i welcome any suggestions, comments or any information. still learning.

running a Fluval 404, Sea Clone 100, 2 power heads for aeration. i know i need lights...
 
palileo, welcome to rc.

You don't need 100lbs of rock. Depending on how porus it is, you may need less. Since you don't have any live rock now, I think it would be a good idea to get rid of the damsels. They can become aggressive down the road.

What kind of power head are you using? You might need stronger pump(s) depending on what kind of reef you are doing.

For skimmer, a sea clone won't cut it for a 75g. You might look into getting a Euroreef 5-3, 6-1, or ASM G1x or G2. Look on ebay, there is a 5-3 for 160 shipped.

Good luck and welcome to the addiction, I mean hobby.
 
Palileo, when you are ready for your live rock, I think John at yourreef.com has the best price hands down compared to anybody. He's up in Roseville and a generous MARS member who has done mucho for members.

Fred
 
and while you are at it I would switch to fine sand, crushed corals dont get good publicity due to media size needed in order to host certain organisms , low denitrification abilities ect.
 
Welcome
palileo!!:D

For yours and your livestocks sake,it is imperative that you only add fully cured live rock to a tank that has animals in it. To do otherwise,will put them at danger due to ammonia and nitrite spikes which can/are lethal to fish and critters. This would be the perfect opportunity for you to get in touch with lrsafari a MARS member whos currently breaking down his tank and has beautifull live rock right now. Great opportunity for you knowing that your getting fully cured rock and probably much less than youd pay in the stores for just "uncured" live rock,oh btw, if a fish store says the rock is cured be very apprehensive,there standards are not the same as yours or mine and there not the ones that will be netting out your floating dead fish from your display if indeed it isnt,you will be!;)

-Justin
 
thanks to all who've replied so far, seems like a great community here... i'll switch the crushed coral to sand. i may also remove the damsels and just start out with the live rock.
 
Crushed coral does get a bad rap, but it also gets corraline algae growing on it eventually which looks really cool, also i've noticed in mine that if you have a lot of bugs (i.e. you let your tank seed for a few weeks before introducing life) buildup of detritus won't be such a problem...but then again, I probably would switch back to sand if given the chance. Also if you're just starting out its definetly the way to go.
 
Not using crushed coral,but sounds like that may be a possiblity to all them bugs:) Those are there condos and townhomes:)Great for boosting your bug population but I didnt need to tell you that ;)

-Justin
 
Thanks again to all those who have offered suggestions. I've actually changed some things around. Changed to sand, pulled out of 80gallon someone broke down a couple weeks ago. Got a light also, think it's a power compact. Has 4 lamps in it 2 bluish, it think actinic and 2 white ones. Also has an accessory thing I can add the guy called moonlights. Where can I get those? I'm curing some rock he had in a bucket. About 20 lbs.
I pulled the crushed coral and damsels out and relocated them to a 30 gallon. I'm going to need to set up some lights or something eventually on that one. Probably do a smaller reef. It's a 30 gallon show, about 2'x2'x10"deep, something like that.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6902852#post6902852 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by hiepatitis
hey palileo. i spoke with you on the phone. goodluck with your tank
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thanks, when did I talk to you? where are you located? did you have something for sale?
 
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