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telman2010 · 01-15-2006, 08:07 PM

Welcome to 3Reef!!!! Yes it's true about the live rock. I "seeded" my tank with about 50lbs of live rock and filled the rest up with "base" rock. Baisically dead live rock. It takes longer but it is definitley cheaper. With live rock going for about 8 dollars a pound around here, it gets expensive quickly. As for filtration I would dump the filters and go with a protein skimmer and sump application. Rickzter talked about a refugium. I have no expierence with them so I can't recommend one way or the other. I've heard alot of opinions going either way on that one. As for the rest of it I second and third the comments about corals. When I was originally planning my tank, I was thinking about having a few fish and a little bit of live rock. Now its a weekly trip to the LFS every thursday at 2:00 p.m. because thats when he gets his coral shipments in and I just can't wait to see what new coral has arrived this week. As Matt is fond of saying "Go slow, let it grow". Words to live by when dealing with a saltwater tank. Good luck.

01-15-2006, 08:07 PM	#6 (permalink)
telman2010 Bristle Worm Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Jonesboro, Arkansas Age: 35 Posts: 142 Karma: 9	Welcome to 3Reef!!!! Yes it's true about the live rock. I "seeded" my tank with about 50lbs of live rock and filled the rest up with "base" rock. Baisically dead live rock. It takes longer but it is definitley cheaper. With live rock going for about 8 dollars a pound around here, it gets expensive quickly. As for filtration I would dump the filters and go with a protein skimmer and sump application. Rickzter talked about a refugium. I have no expierence with them so I can't recommend one way or the other. I've heard alot of opinions going either way on that one. As for the rest of it I second and third the comments about corals. When I was originally planning my tank, I was thinking about having a few fish and a little bit of live rock. Now its a weekly trip to the LFS every thursday at 2:00 p.m. because thats when he gets his coral shipments in and I just can't wait to see what new coral has arrived this week. As Matt is fond of saying "Go slow, let it grow". Words to live by when dealing with a saltwater tank. Good luck. _________ 55 Gal Glass, 10 gal sump, seaclone100 protein skimmer, 2 pc 65w 10k's, 2 pc 65w actinic, 2 4ft VHO 110w bulbs, 135lbs of live rock, livesand/aragonite mix, coral beauty, percula clown, blue and yellow damsel, peppermint shrimp, Skunk shrimp, coral banded shrimp, xenia, leather, zoas, star polyps, button polyps, frogspawn, hammer, leather, mushrooms, long tentacle anemone, turbosnails, astrea snails, hermit crabs and a featherduster.