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Re: Guess Im going to go salt
Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 8:16 pm
by xrayjeeper83
Do I really need all that for a 20g tank, damn I thought with such a small tank that I wouldnt need a skimmer or sump
Re: Guess Im going to go salt
Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:27 pm
by Pufferpunk
Nope, you certainly don't need a sump & probably not a skimmer either, although a Backpac would work well on there. Once you see all the nasty, smelly crap a skimmer pulls out, you'll be ashamed you had anything living in that water.
Re: Guess Im going to go salt
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 1:11 am
by xrayjeeper83
Puffer i did some more looking around. And what i saw said mix your water, put in live rock, wait till it cycles, then add crustaceans, the wait for cycle(if it happens) then add fish
Re: Guess Im going to go salt
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 1:19 am
by Pufferpunk
That's pretty much it. You do need some flow though.
Re: Guess Im going to go salt
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 1:45 am
by xrayjeeper83
Ok, Im going to get a powerhead to put in with the filter.
Talking about the filter what is the best thing to put in the filter, media wise.
Also will poolfilter sand be ok?
Re: Guess Im going to go salt
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 1:59 am
by Pufferpunk
No FW filters for SW, they are nitrate factories. Your LR will be the filter.
Re: Guess Im going to go salt
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:23 am
by xrayjeeper83
Ya I know about not putting FW stuff in, but what about LR rubble?
Re: Guess Im going to go salt
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:32 am
by Pufferpunk
That'll work but it's gets clogged with detritus pretty quickly. It makes for good flow though until that happens.
Re: Guess Im going to go salt
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 7:29 pm
by xrayjeeper83
Welp this is on the back burner again, I just busted my laptop screen.
Re: Guess Im going to go salt
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 1:57 pm
by zookey
xrayjeeper83 wrote:
I was at a really nice handblown glass store today ..............it landed on top of the first shell I was looking at and knocked a "spike" off, they were conch shells.............. the ole saying "you break it, you buy it" .......so guess its onto salt water for me.
xrayjeeper83 wrote:Welp this is on the back burner again, I just busted my laptop screen.
You are having some really bad luck lately aren't you? Sorry to hear that the tank is "on hold"
Re: Guess Im going to go salt
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 3:03 pm
by xrayjeeper83
Ya my luck has sucked lately, but it cant last forever right
Re: Guess Im going to go salt
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 9:11 am
by sevenyearnight
It's believed by some cultures to strike in threes, and since it's been things getting cracked/chipped, should just be something like that. However, it does seem to be expensive things lol, but maybe just one more, according to superstition anyway.
Re: Guess Im going to go salt
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 10:30 am
by xrayjeeper83
well I do have a dentist appt today?!?!?!?!?!
Re: Guess Im going to go salt
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 10:47 am
by sevenyearnight
xrayjeeper83 wrote:well I do have a dentist appt today?!?!?!?!?!
Eeeek!
Re: Guess Im going to go salt
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 1:31 pm
by xrayjeeper83
Survived that with out a scratch lol