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100 gal tank and adding live rock?
Number of Comments » 3First if you don’t have lots of experience with salt water do not answer!!!! I have a 110 gal aquarium tank and I have done fresh water planted tanks that thrive. Well now I would like to start a reef aquarium. I cant afford to stock all the live rock at one time so [...]
Can you keep a jellyfish in a Coral reef tank?
Number of Comments » 4I was wondering if you can keep a jellyfish in a coral reef tank?
I don’t think it will work, 2 major reasons.
Jellyfish are not strong swimmers, they can get sucked up by a filter intake, blown around by a powerhead, you name it. It’ll get kicked around.
Corals… and jellyfish both sting. If the jellyfish pumped [...]
California Style Reef Aquarium
Number of Comments » 24http://ReefBuilders.com is the source for all your reef aquarium news. This is Richard Ross’s home California Style 150 gallon reef aquarium. This tank contains more coral species than most fish stores. Wow!
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my first salt water aquarium 60 gal.
Number of Comments » 8my first fish tank set up after building the tank stand. It took about two weeks to build.
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HD – Somethin’ Fishy – A Salt Water Aquarium & Tune
Number of Comments » 10Here are some beautiful fish and sea life I recorded in a salt water aquarium, set to a salt water theme from 1914. Pardon my humor at the end, lol!
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Is this all I need for my reef aquarium w/fish + inverts?
Number of Comments » 3Skimmer, Sump(micro balls), Halide lighting, calcium solutions, frozen brine shrimp food, ph/amonia/nitrate/etc testing kits, salt, tap water sterilizing solution (will buy store made water now that I have anemones/corals), live sand/live rock, 2 power heads for current, 2 heaters…
My tank is 75 gallons (48" long, 19" deep)… right now has:
2 damsels, 2 clown fish, hammer [...]
what type of light bulbs do I need to have for a reef tank?
Number of Comments » 1I have a 36" light fixture with 3 T8 on it but I have a felling that those are not the right ones for my tank since I want to with a reef tank.. so can some one tell me what type or what light should I get for my reef tank ?
you need daylight [...]
I have just set up a 55 gallon salt water aquarium. Is it okay to have a sand only substrate or bottom?
Number of Comments » 2Currently I have 20 pounds of Caribsea Aragonite live sand. On Thursday I am buying 20 more pounds of the live sand. I also have about 40 pounds of base rock for my aquascaping and plan on buying 50 pound of live rock as well. Will the 40 lbs of live sand and 50 [...]
Why fishes use air bubbles to rise to surface?
Number of Comments » 3Most of my fishes did same before they died. After shrimp died ( symbiosis partner of goby) goby is the only one left. Since worms became a finger size and I saw while they re attacked some sick fishes, I decided to kill them all. I boiled stones, sand, half of water. So all [...]
How many lbs of live rock would I need for a saltwater reef tank?
Number of Comments » 3I would like to start a saltwater reef tank but am a total beginner. Can someone please give me some pointers as to how much live rock I should buy and also a guide for a protein skimmer..sump..etc? Thanks, appreciate it!
For a reef you need at least a pound of rock per gallon, pound and [...]