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    Lighting question

    Would any of you recommend buying two 36" lights as opposed to getting one big 72" light? I'm looking at the prices at aquatraders.com and don't see a 72" lighting system. Plus the 36" ones only max at at around ~160W. Or should I shell out for the metal halide ones there that are 72" but put...
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    Lighting question

    So how many watts should I get?
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    Lighting question

    So after asking a lot of questions from the previous owner of my tank, I'm almost ready to fill my 250 Gallon tank with the water. After buying some new filters for the tank, getting new sand, new rock, etc. it was a pretty hard hit on my wallet to say the least. Thank goodness my wife never...
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    Cycling tank question

    my plan was to add dead sand and rocks with a couple of good pieces of live rock to seed the sand and rocks. Then I was going to add some regular ammonia until I get 5ppm levels and then wait until the tank cycles. Would this work? I was planning on making my tank 85 percent reef and the rest fish
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    Cycling tank question

    I'm sort of curious if the following trick would help speed up the cycling of the tank any quicker. A while back when I was into fresh water aquariums, I learned a trick where you would pour a good amount of ammonia into your empty but filled(with water) tank that had been seeded with the proper...
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    Need Help setting up my tank!!!

    So I just got a 250 Gallon fish tank that I plan on setting up as a reef tank with some fish. It's a used system but it used to be a salt water set up and has some of the stuff I already need, minus the additional lighting I'll need for the coral I plan on putting in there. Here is my problem. I...
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