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tony120
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I have a marine land 75 gallon freshwater tank, I have a 1 gallon freshwater tank idk what kind, but the tank I reallywant to get running is my 90 gallon. It's an acryllic tank and it's beautiful, I just need help starting it and know to help. What kind of tanks do you have?
tony120
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I have a marine land 75 gallon freshwater tank, I have a 1 gallon freshwater tank idk what kind, but the tank I reallywant to get running is my 90 gallon. It's an acryllic tank and it's beautiful, I just need help starting it and know to help. What kind of tanks do you have?
kschweer
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Right now I'm running a 57 rimless and a 30 rimless as my frag tank. Take a look through the member tank forum for some ideas for your tank and ask a lot of questions. There's plenty of experienced people on here that will be happy to help. Best advice I ever got was to take my time and research. Only bad things happen fast with reef tanks. Best of luck!
kschweer
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No problem at all. For return pumps I like to stay between 5x10 times the tank size in flow (usually on the lower end of that. So something in the 400-800 gph range. This will also depend on how much water your overflow can handle. I have been running one of the jebao dc pumps. The dc pumps are very quiet, run cool and are adjustable which is a huge plus. Take a look at the jebao dc pumps and the reef octopus dc pumps. There's others out there as well.
tony120
Community Member
Ok, thank you, now what kind of a protien skimmer do you have? And what should i look at?
Welcome! For a protein skimmer, do you have a sump(if so what are the dimensions of it?) or will it be a Hang on the Back (HoB) kind?
tony120
Community Member
I do have a sump, and idk what the demensions are, it's at a different house, i should be able to get more info on it on friday
kschweer
Moderator
For a skimmer look into a quality brand such as reef octopus, vertex, bubble magus. Also try to get a skimmer that is rated for more than your actual water volume (tank+sump). I run a reef octopus nwb-110 on my tank. The next size up should work out for you if it will fit in your sump.
tony120
Community Member
Ok, and i started a second thread on here and asked about a power head, the guy said dont get a pkwer head, just get a wave maker, whats your opinion
tony120
Community Member
Another question, do i really need to quarantine my fish, i never did it with my fresh water tank and it seems expensive to do this
vedros74
Active Member
I think a lot of us have learned the hard way that qaurantine is the way to go. It may not catch you now,you may go years without any problems then one day you add a fish and it wipes out hundreds or maybe thousands of dollars worth of fish and you start scrambling to set up a qaurantine. It's not really difficult to set up. I leave mine set up and running in my utility room all the time
Some will say yes and some will say no. I never have and have not gotten anything bad as a result but sadly some people have also not done it and gotten all kinds of nasty things. If you are going to be spending $$$$$$ of fish and corals then yes, you should do it.
tony120
Community Member
I just plan on buying some softie corals and a brain coral, i dont plan on spending a lot on fish, i plan on getting another tank in the future and i will spend more momey on that, i just want to make a start
tony120
Community Member
You have been a ton of help, tha k you so much
