Need help new setup

[ajim523]

Hello everyone my name is Jim. I'm new to this so I hope I can get some help. I just bought a 120 not drilled tank and now my wife said I have to by the rest with my money. So anyone can help.would be great. I would likeep a fluval fx 6 and octopus Hob skimmer live rock and live sand. So anyone got any for cheap ty

 

[MichelleMas]

If you don't find everything you are looking for here you can also check Craigslist.

 

[cyricdark]

I use black Diamond sandblasting sand in my reef tanks. It's inert so doesn't leech calcium like aragonite sand, but your live rock does that anyway. It's 8$ a 50lb bag most places, took 2.5 bags to give my 125G a 4" sand bed. You can but it at Tractor Supply Company. Try to get Fine, medium or coarse grain size, the extra fine will blow around with powerheads. It's a beautiful black sand that won't leech anything at all into water, including silicates as it's processed coal slag. It must house bacteria pretty good as well as I have a sand sifter star in the tank going strong after months, just saw him last night after not seeing him for weeks. The only real drawback is the same one you'll have with any black sand, you'll need a little more light than you would with white/beige sand.

 

[ajim523]

I was thinking of the Hawaiian black sand. So the sandblasting sand is ok for saltwater u say

 

[cyricdark]

Yep

 

[cyricdark]

I've got some aragonite sand mixed in which I did when I set the tank up to est. bacteria faster, but you don't have to I'm just impatient.

 

[ajim523]

Anyone selling a fx 6 canister filter and a octopus 1000 skimmer I need them for new tank build