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- howard beach,ny
New tank
- Thread starter sadleo123
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- howard beach,ny
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- Jersey City NJ
nice setup
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- Charleston, SC
What type of equipment is on the tank? How much room (money) do you have for upgrades?
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- howard beach,ny
thank you... i got a fluval 304 canister i just orderd the hadlide and i got a lil money to play with for the tank i got a protein skimmer too but iam not sure how to hook it up...im new to all this stuff and dont realy understand it lol
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- howard beach,ny
Thank youfcamargo6thave said:
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Hi...this tank looks very familiar to me...:flower:
Welcome to MR and im personally glad to see you joined this great community.
Now to the Q/A.
I will try to start from what i think is important right now at the most
I know that this tank was set up for only few weeks and this is time when your tank is going through the process called cycling...please search some threads on the CYCLING to understand the process better
Before you get to decide where to spend your money you need to research several vital requirements for keeping a salt water aquarium...
this will include topics on:
1.FLOW in your tank VS tank SIZE (research the type of the saltwater tank you would like to keep and required FLOW/Equipment you need)
2. LIGHTING for the environment you would like to keep( fish only, mixed reef, softy tank LPS tank, SPS reef etc)
3.Marine chemistry. (no need to get scared, you need to understand when to make water changes and see if anything wrong with the tank
With all that i trying to say that you need to relax and enjoy this SLOWLY, bit by bit gathering information, while you new tank is cycling(6 month!!!!!!!) and you have time to read and pick your plan
Good luck
Greg
Welcome to MR and im personally glad to see you joined this great community.
Now to the Q/A.
I will try to start from what i think is important right now at the most
I know that this tank was set up for only few weeks and this is time when your tank is going through the process called cycling...please search some threads on the CYCLING to understand the process better
Before you get to decide where to spend your money you need to research several vital requirements for keeping a salt water aquarium...
this will include topics on:
1.FLOW in your tank VS tank SIZE (research the type of the saltwater tank you would like to keep and required FLOW/Equipment you need)
2. LIGHTING for the environment you would like to keep( fish only, mixed reef, softy tank LPS tank, SPS reef etc)
3.Marine chemistry. (no need to get scared, you need to understand when to make water changes and see if anything wrong with the tank
With all that i trying to say that you need to relax and enjoy this SLOWLY, bit by bit gathering information, while you new tank is cycling(6 month!!!!!!!) and you have time to read and pick your plan
Good luck
Greg
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- howard beach,ny
thanks greg suprised you found me on here lol thanks for all your help and the rock
Hello Sadleo! Welcome to MR as well as this great hobby!!!
Please do follow grisha's advice! Read, read, read, read, and then read some more.
As you do your homework you may have questions which will be gladly responded to by our members here. Most members love to help!
Check out our Tank forum see what you like, and which direction you would like your tank to go. Then the research for what type of equipment for that type of set up begins.
Most important thing for you to realize & understand is that the most important ingrediant for a successful tank is PATIENCE!!!!
BTW, so far the only thing I would change with your tank now is the placement of your live rock. It will be easier for you to clean the glass if you place the live rock away from the glass.
Please do follow grisha's advice! Read, read, read, read, and then read some more.
As you do your homework you may have questions which will be gladly responded to by our members here. Most members love to help!Check out our Tank forum see what you like, and which direction you would like your tank to go. Then the research for what type of equipment for that type of set up begins.
Most important thing for you to realize & understand is that the most important ingrediant for a successful tank is PATIENCE!!!!
BTW, so far the only thing I would change with your tank now is the placement of your live rock.
It will be easier for you to clean the glass if you place the live rock away from the glass.- Location
- howard beach,ny
thank you very much
- Location
- howard beach,ny
Thank you and yea iama take his advice I wanna do this right ya knoChiefmcfuz said:
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