To Start a Salt tank....

[New_Cichlid11]

Its been a year and you still havent done this?

[TheHighestCrew]

you can get some dry rock for cheap and use the live rock you have to seed it. That is how I started my nano with one big piece of live rock form Jacob to seed the rest. Dry rock is gonna be a lot cheaper to find at an LFS. ReefCleaners has some dope dry rock. I am gonna get some for my 90.

[R_sustaita]

LOL, I BEEN IN THE BORDER of Light and Dark side. i need 30+lbs of live rock and all i have is 14lbs.

i have:

sand
tank
stand
light
HOB Filter
water lol
14lbs live rock

Need:

16lbs of live rock
salt mix
cycle tank
fish

[TheHighestCrew]

red sea coral pro ftw

Welcome to the dark side bwahahaha!

I got a nano reef thinking I will just do the nano thing for a while. Wrong... Now I am doing a 90 reef tank lol. Saltwater is super addictive.

[johnnymisty]

Doesnt really matter if your doing fowlr if corals i like red sea coral pro

[R_sustaita]

what salt brand would you recommend for a starter tank?

[R_sustaita]

I was going to say the same thing the eel will not go well with those others mentioned. And as a personally preference I stay away from all angels other then yellow spot and watanabi because will nip corals.

No intension of corals. Fowlr to start off.

[Darbex]

I was going to say the same thing the eel will not go well with those others mentioned. And as a personally preference I stay away from all angels other then yellow spot and watanabi because will nip corals.

[R_sustaita]

Lol, no. Stop being cheap nga.

Oh, i wasnt asking this to save money. I want more swimming area thats why. And also cuz no one is selling lr. And lve sand is everywhere. I do want sand for be goby, can. Use lps? Or only live sand?

[Ostentum]

Rofl if you wanna save money just do a bare bottom tank. No sand just rocks and corals

Alot of people do this in SPS tanks, since sand beds can cause more problems then benefits.

[Ostentum]

Does live sand substituts live rock?

Not really. Live rock/live sand is a place for your denitrifying bacteria to populate and attach. There is much more areas for bacteria to populate on live rock. They are also safer and protected better in the rock then in the sand. When you see people talking about the cycle, the main purpose is to build up your bacteria population to the point that it can successfully convert any amount of ammonia into nitrogen.

[ometh]

Does live sand substituts live rock?

Rofl if you wanna save money just do a bare bottom tank. No sand just rocks and corals

[myjohnson]

Does live sand substituts live rock?

Lol, no. Stop being cheap nga.

[Ostentum]

But not every eel and damsels are the same. It's like saying all the children of the world are dangerous criminals growing up. Golden dwarfs are the least aggressive of the fish eaters due to their small size they can't take down most fish except for small gobies and ect. Same with the damsels some are terrors some aren't. It's a 50/50 thing. Sorry if I'm coming off rude I'm just stating from what I've learned from experience.

Your right in some respects. Yes golden dwarfs are the least aggressive, but if you put bottom dwelling fish and shrimp that are small enough and come into his realm, there is a very good chance they will get eaten, also if you have a notoriously territorial fish, yes if they are left alone and the fish respect its space you will have no issues. Its kinda like the achilles tang that I had. A notoriously territorial fish that I had no issues with for over 2 yrs, until I put a purple tang into the tank. They behaved great until the purple got near the Achilles side of the tank and then it was gang warfare and all kinds of knife fights going on. My point is that you have to know the nature of the fish and anything else you put in the tank. If you choose your fish properly then there are hardly any issues, and its probably the number one downfall of people new to salt. I learned my lesson about fish compatibility the hard way about 12 years ago.

[ometh]

I've kept a golden dwarf in a 30 without problems. They only get to about 10" and 30" tanks may be pushing it.