Salt Water Start Up, Darbex style!

[myjohnson]

lol, how you going to call me a show off?

You go a 60p, 90p, and 120p and don't even know what to do with them.

Talkin about using the 60p as a sump. Foo, gone-on and sell it to me already!

[tnguyen]

If you don't see it, then that's all rumor!

[myjohnson]

BS! I know about you Thanh.

You Asian and you into fishes. Basically says all I need to know.

[Darbex]

I want the hook up. I am definately going to do this right but at the same time try to save a little coin. I dont want to go all out and buy a chiller but I think a good fan should be a good insurance policy. I know my 90G planted never gets hot enough so I dont think this will either but better to be safe than sorry

[Darbex]

Now I just need to find two 5G tanks

[myjohnson]

I got a temp controller you can have. Might need a new senor. Something is wrong with it and since I got it for free I didn't bother fixin it.

[Darbex]

I will see if I can fix it. I am a bean counter not an electrician.

[tnguyen]

I want the hook up. I am definately going to do this right but at the same time try to save a little coin. I dont want to go all out and buy a chiller but I think a good fan should be a good insurance policy. I know my 90G planted never gets hot enough so I dont think this will either but better to be safe than sorry

A fan is good for this tank. You will increase the evaporation so an ATO is a good thing. The volumn for the nano is smaller so it will heat a lot faster than your 90G.

Thai, I think you were drunk when you hear all that rumors. They meant to say that I wanted to have all those tanks one day. Now slowly put that can down.

[Darbex]

I want a Mandarin too now.

[semper]

I want a Mandarin too now.

you'd better hold off on this one, unless u have established tank with plenty of pods, it will die

they are beautiful, i kept a green mandarin and spotted mandarin in same tank for two years, but my tank was full of life

plenty of pods, and later on got it to eat frozen brine

[Darbex]

Yeah I plan on waiting a year or so for this one since I read they are very picky on water. It says once they make it through the first month or so they will be one of the hardiest.

[myjohnson]

Really nice looking fishes!

Good pick if you can keep it alive long term Brian.

[Darbex]

How do you attach the live rock to build them up?

[cichlid1409]

several ways:

just stack em
use a fish safe epoxy http://www.marinedepot.com/Two_Littl...TL1615-vi.html
use zip ties and drill holes in rock if necessary
drill holes and use acrylic rods

[thekarens]

We always just stacked ours, but if you're going for a certain look other options listed above are great.