[Reef Success]

Originally Posted by DEWAYNE

Okay, As You Who Have Read My Postings............i Am Going Out On A Limb And Setting Up My Son(he Is 13 & Hooked) With A 75 Gallon Saltwater Tank Of His Very Own, Yes He Will Be Mowing Lawns To Support His New Habit(ha Ha). When Setup My Saltwater Tank I Lucked Out And Had Made Really Good Friends With A Neighbor That Had A Special Made Show Tank. Long Story Short I Was Able To Get Alot Of His Water, I Thought This Was Risky, But Very Nice Of Him, He Had A Beautiful Reef Tank. I Went Well Over Two Years Before I Ever Lost An Inmate. I Have Gotten Back Into The Great Hobby Of Having A Piece Of The Ocean In My Den. I Have Many Questions, As Now I Want A Reef Tank. I Tried It Briefly, With No Success, My Water Was Good, Could This Have Been Water Temp., Lighting, Or Just So Far Off The Mark I Never Would Have Made This Work. I Know How Exspensive These Reef Tanks Can Be, That Is Not Reall An Issue, I Just Do Not Like To Fail. I Know This Comes With The Territory, But Any Advice To Minamize This Would Be Great.

4 x 96 compacts would be nice but I really feel that you want to do the tank right I would switch over to metal halides 2 x 250 or T-5 setup 400w or a combination. There is a lot of setup and planning that needs to be done if you want to minimize your losses. Such as buying all the equipment up front like a calcium reactor, skimmer, and kalkreactor. I think for a discussion on the best way to setup you should creat your own thread talking about setting up 75 gal tank and looking for suggestions.