Thanks, I appreciate it. Where did you snorkel?
The biggest thing you have to remember when setting up a reef tank is to take it slow!
Yes, you definitely don't want to put in too many fish. I'm pretty much done with purchasing fish with 6 small fish (2 ocellaris clowns, a neon...
There are positives and negatives to natural sea water. The positives are that it is cheap, it contains all of the major and minor elements in their proper ratio (this is actually almost impossible to do with synthetic) and possibly elements that are not available through synthetic. It also...
Thanks. That was actually the second time writing and trying to post that (and this). For some reason my first writeup didn't post and I had to rewrite it.
Tanks used to be mostly fish only with some bleached corals since the knowledge and technology weren't advanced enough to keep live...
Thanks for the welcome! Bruce wrote on RemoteCentral about your forum and I thought I would check it out.
IMO, doing routine waterchanges is one of the most critical steps you can take for maintaining a successful reef tank. A proper waterchange will both lower the amount of harmful...
I've found my reef tank to be somewhat easy. I purchased a mature 65 gal tank last Christmas and now it looks great, with minimal maintenance. I think the thing that gets most people is either messing with their tank too much (changing too many things) or not enough (doing regular water...