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Is this all true about saltwater?

Discussion in 'Saltwater Fish Forum' started by Anonymous, Aug 29, 2008.

  1. Anonymous

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    You can not use tap water
    You got to make sure theres bacteria in your tank.How?stress zyme
    before adding fish no ammonia nitrates 20ppm ph 8.0-8.3


    please can someone help me i realy want a saltwater fish tank
     
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  2. Anthony

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    You can use tap water.

    The bacteria you're talking about is probably the bacteria that lives in the tank once it's cycled.

    Your tank shouldn't have ammonia, nitrites or nitrates in it since there are no fish. As soon as you add fish, it will begin to cycle and all of those will appear.
     
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    ph 8.4
    amonnia 0
    nitrite 0
    nitrate no more than 10ppm.

    you can use tap water but you must let it sit for a couple of day to become distilled or you can get an ro/di system to skip all that.....

    if your thinking of fish only tank then it won't be so bad to set up or your pocket....

    if you want to do a fowlr meaning fish and live rock then you'll need to make sure your water is in top shape to keep the bacteria and critters alive.....

    if your going for a reef tank then your looking at alot of money and equiptment to keep it going the right way......

    there's alot of info on the net to get you going the right way....your going to have to read,read and read more.
     
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  4. Anthony

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    Keep in mind saltwater fish are generally much less tolerant to water changes than freshwater fish.
     
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  5. Anonymous

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    thanks im planning to get a little live rock becuase i can get it for 4-6 dollars a pound and i want like a clown fish or some damsels
     
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  6. trajik ink

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    i got live rock for $3lb. i got like 200lbs. left....all cured so it won't raise up your amonia and you get some beneficial bacteria in the process....i know your in ma. lmk if you want some. pm me so i don't miss the posting. ;)
     
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  7. Anonymous

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    i wont have another tank for a while
     
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  8. trajik ink

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    no doubt.....
     
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  9. crazedpuffer

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    hey trajik you planning on going to any part of ny soon? :D
     
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  10. trajik ink

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    no not really, why?
     
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  11. crazedpuffer

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    darn i was hoping i could get some LR from you lol
     
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  12. trajik ink

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    well your only 4 hrs away.....lol.
    you'll waste more gas then anything else..
     
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    lol yeah I know, that's why I was hoping you'd be in the city or something soon! lol
    Oh well I guess that's why I use craigslist :D
     
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    me too..... :)
     
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  15. Anonymous

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    Trajik, making any trips to CT soon? I could use some LR, lol!
     
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  16. trajik ink

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    the closest that i'll be to ct would be when i go to visit my parents in southbridge....right next to thompson but i read you have a cuz in framingham...i live 20 min. away from there.....
     
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  17. Anonymous

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    Oh sweet! Maybe if/when I go up there I can contact you about some LR :D I'm in desperate need of some, I'm pretty sure the stuff I bought from my LFS awhile back was horrible, they ripped me off bad there, good thing I'm smart now.
     
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    i went through the same thing. when i bought my first 2 pieces of rock i paid $10 lb. at tropic isle. then i found this guy on cl selling it for 3 a lb. i was so pissed....and felt stupid for a while.....lol.....anyways you learn from your mistakes.
     
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