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07-05-2008, 09:43 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Canadaaa
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 |  New To Salt, 50 GAL To big? Help Please..
Hey i've just got a new tank its 50 GAL and i dont want fresh and love salt so i was hoping to get any help at all with this. Is 50 to big for just starting out? Like i dont know how many fish i can even put in it, or when to even put them in  . Im just a big mess with this somone help, thanks   . oh and how do i clean the poop and the water? so i just buy one of those shrips to eat everything? and the water????
Last edited by Regf; 07-05-2008 at 09:51 PM.
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07-05-2008, 09:46 PM
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| | Montipora Digitata
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: CT Age: 28
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50 gal is perfect
cycle the tank first. read and research a lot here first.
add fish slow
# of fish depends on how big and how much they poop and fight with each other. _________  | |
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07-05-2008, 09:53 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: niles, ohio Age: 32
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Welcome to 3Reef>>>>> _________ My Tank Thread...... EST. 10/30/07 5.5 gal, 72watt's of pc's, rio skimmer, hob rated at 40 gal, stealth heater, b/w aussie clown, emerald crab, turbo, bumble bee, astrea, and nassarius snails, aussie open brain, pink birdsnest, wallhammer, multiple acro's, numerous monti's, zoa's, palys, ppd's, duncans, mint gsp's, reg gsp's, blue clove polyps, grn bali slimer, and tons of ppl sponges. | 
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07-05-2008, 09:55 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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_________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
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07-05-2008, 10:31 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Louisville, GA Age: 45
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Hey Regf! You made it!  There is just too much involved with reef keeping, so much so, that one email wouldn't have helped you at all. Yep, you've got a long way to go. Like the others have said, Read everything you can get your hands on! All the links Omard gave you are a good start, then if you don't understand something...ask!! We're here to help! I have a 55 and learn new stuff about it everyday! Welcome to 3reef! 
oh and a 50(?) is not too big. 1k gal would be too big for a newbie  | |
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