wow there is actually alot of salt water aquarium owners here!:blue:

 

I'm actually getting out of it.

 

i was blessed when i set mine up that i bought some fuji live rock that had just came out of the ocean holding tank 1-2 days before so it still had the majority of the life still on it & very little die-off, so my tank cycled in just 3-4 days

started w/ a few pieces of live rock to get it started like chris:


then a few days later, added the other rocks w/ all the life already on them:


then, a few weeks later, the tank was stable, so i added my 1st coral

 

Damn that looks cool. I've always loved saltwater tanks. So bright. I didn't realize how expensive they were to get started.

 

Just read that Petsmart or Petco has real ocean water for sale...

 

really? why?

 

my snails keep dying though everything else stays alive but my snails die almost instantly when i put them in

 

Dude are you coming back to school?

 

it all depends on what kind of LFS(local fish store) support you have......i don't have a ro/di (reverse osmosis/de-ionizer) cause my LFS sells conditioned pre-mixed saltwater so i just buy it from them.

once i get my bigger one setup, i'm probably gonna bite the bullet & buy one & a few large tubs w/ heaters & powerheads & start making my own

 

I could sell you my Reverse Osmosis water conditioner that reads 0tds at output for relatively cheap James.

All new filters.