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  • Big Time Noob question

    From Steven Reeves@1:311/13 to Pete Duffin on Mon Mar 22 01:07:05 2004
    Well .. the first thing I would to is get a few really good books .. and read them .. cover to cover ... after you do that .. get a few more books .. and read them cover to cover .. than when you feel like you can handle picking up what you need to start a salt water aquarium ... get a few books and read about

    it .. :) ..

    seriously .. running a fresh water tank is nothing compared to running a salt tank ... I went from fresh water to a reef .. and was totally blown away with all the needed hardware and knowledge it takes to keep salt water tanks
    alive ... I was able to keep the reef alive ... but I did make several mistakes

    because I did not have the knowledge in the beginning ...

    A reef tank is easier to maintain than a FO tank (Fish only) .. I would highly recommend a FOWLR .. (Fish Only with Live Rock) ... even know you are not planning on a reef setup at this point .. the live rock will help keep the chemistry stable and help keep the tank clean ... that way you only have to do your weekly/biweekly water changes of 15 to 20% ...

    I can help you where I can .. and I am more than willing to off you any advice that I can ...



    Re: Big Time Noob question

    Hi all.

    I spent that last 8 months getting my 29 gallong fresh water tank up and running perfectly. I believe it has been a success (although I learned a
    ton of hard lessons as a result). I am now interested in setting up a salt water tank, say in the 70-90 gallon range.

    I was hoping to get some opinions on what product manufacturers are of good quality, yet are resonably priced. I don't want to go out and buy a kit
    (had a friend that did that, half the part failed within the first year).

    Please reply and let me know what are decent parts but not the most
    expensive (I'm not a millionaire you know :-))

    Thanks in advance.
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