Recent content by mrfish

thanks guys! that nitrification/denitrification 101 really helped what would you recommend? 3" or 4"? Should i buy all of it "live" or just the top layer? (and then let the bottom develop) or do they sell both kinds of sands? thanks again!!

How exactly does live sand work? i understand how live rock work (the rock contains lots of microorganisms that basicly acts like a bio-filter) because water is constantly moving in and out and around them at all times. But in a live sand bed....there is sand on the surface which get the same...

i know that i'm still new to this hobby, but i read something about this yesterday. Do you have any anemones in your tank? if you do, the "milk" is probably sperm! i'm not 100% sure about it, so don't get mad if i'm wrong

okay, i've decided to go DI...but...all the ones that i see are RO or RO/DI...nobody is just DI

okay....after deciding what kind of lights i want...now we move onto the water chemistry I am just starting out with a 30gal tank so i was wondering if a RO unit was REALLY necessary? and the DI? I've read quite a few posts on this topic and it seems that many of you strongly recommend to...

okay....i'm confused.... this is going to sound really stupid but i thought in order to run VHO bulbs, don't you need a VHO Ballast Kit? ($219? and that doesn't even include the bulbs...) how would that be cheaper than the MH? *confused*

wow! thanks for the replies guys! (didn't think it would be so fast!! ) I would REALLY love to have a bigger tank...but i already have one 125gallon, one 55 gallon, three 30 gallons, and i god know how many 20 and 10 gallons... because of all this, my parents have grounded me from buying more...

Hi everybody! For the past few days i've been going through past posts and learned a good bit about reef keeping and i'm VERY interested. I've never kept saltwater but i've kept many kinds of discus and arowanas. I'm thinking about turning one of my 30gal discus breeder tanks into a reef...