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Hey Glen,
Why not start by helping him decide on what kind of
tank he wants (fish only, reef ?). It sounds like it would be worthwile draining
it cleaning it up and starting off with some RO/DI water and go from
there.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 2:05
PM
Subject: 300 Gallon Tank
I'm going to try not to
make this too long but I need help on this one. I
have a friend that
I kinda lost contact with and heard he had opened an
outdoor supply store
in the area and went in today to check it out. To my
surprise he had
a 300 gallon tank built in the wall. It looks terrible! I
would say about 200 lbs. live (dead) rock, running two oceanview
canister
filters, huge crushed coral for a substrate, and two 72"
fluor. not sure if
vho or no. No sump, brown nasty looking algae,
I'm sure tap water. He was
busy and basically said he kills
everything he puts in there. Not hard to
see why. He would
love to get it right and I would love to help him. Where
do I start?
Not sure of what to use for water movement, lighting, skimmer,
should I use ozone, do I need to take everything out of the ! tank,
clean and
start over. What to use for sump, return pump, etc.
He has probably spent
enough on dead livestock, etc. to have done it
right from the get go but
didn't have the help that I have had on mine.
There is room above to hang
lights, (maybe pendents). Sure
there is more to consider but this will get
me started. Would love
to keep you all posted on the progress and am looking
forward to being
able to help set it up with someone else's money. Were do I
start?
Glen
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