Recent content by JenniLee

Thanks everyone! I'll post pics soon :)

Plan on having mostly corals I think, and maybe a fish or two with some shrimp and other little cleaner guys.

Thanks. That's exactly what I was looking for :) How are you guys still awake. It's 11:00 here and I am exhausted! I'll do some tests and report back tomorrow. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge:tired:

Can anyone tell me what the ideal parameters would be for my water? I see lots of posts with the parameters of folks having issues but I want to have an idea of where it should be so I can compare mine. I don't have a reading yet, but I have a Red Sea Marine Lab kit. Appreciate the help.

Hi all. Thanks for all the good advice. I went the distilled water route today rather than the ocean water and added the instant ocean salt. All is well so far. The live sand I got came wet in a 20lb bag. They gave us the live rock in a box with water from the tank it came out of. We have...

Thanks for the great advice everyone. Once I get the tank up and running I'll post pics. I'll keep reading other posts on the forum to get more info and try not to ask too may dumb questions. Thanks for the jumpstart and I'll catch you guys later!

Thanks guys. Looks like I will learn my first bit of patience tonight and wait until tomorrow to get started on my water. What are your thoughts on buying ocean water? There's a shop here that sells it for about 50 cents/gal.

Yea, figured I'd put my feelers out all over to get as much info as I could. I'm really excited to see what everyone is doing in their tanks and look forward to learning from those of you who are kind enough to help a Cali girl with her first project :wink1: .

Thanks for the advise House. I want to start off on the right foot.

Okay, I am so confused. I just got an Aquapod 24 today and want to get it up and moving. I have the live sand and a nice bit of live rock. I have Instant Ocean salt and have been told conflicting things: I can use tapwater if I treat it with PRIME or Bio-Coat or go buy 25 gallons of deionized...