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12-31-2003, 03:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
karlas Ocellaris Clown Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: berwick, PA,Pennsylvania Posts: 1,454 Karma: 109	Re: starting up marine tank welcome to the forum if you can go with the 75 your better off a smaller tank can flucuate more and can be much more difficult especially for a beginner. you would be able to use either the seaclone or the prizm skimmer you wont need both. you could add the marine land filter and definilty the power heads and the heater. for sand you can go with southdown its a dry aragonite sand and cheaper. just get a pound or 2 of live sand and seed it with that. doing that will save some money rather than all live sand.it does help with buffering. heres some good beginner sites for you to read and help you out. reef keeping 101 ive rock faq nirtogen cycle sand bed faq _________ karlahttp://www.3reef.com/uploads/1karla1.jpg75 gall, 80 lbs sand, 110 lb lr, 10k pcs, atinics, emperor 400, prizm skimmer, hagen and maxi jet powerheads

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