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Woodstock · 03-08-2006, 01:55 PM

Thank you

I used 80% sugar fine aragonite sand and 20% live sand that you can get bagged at the LFS.

You should have 1 - 1.5 lbs of rock per gal of water. I have about 1lb/gal. Remember that the rock displaces water so you total water volume will drop... good to know when you are dosing stuff.

As far as lighting.. a very rough estimate is 4-6 watts of light per gallon. There are other factors involved when choosing lights... depth of tank and the requirements of the corals you plan to keep. How deep is your tank?

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Woodstock The Wand Geek was here. ;) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 22,862 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Need some advice :) Thank you I used 80% sugar fine aragonite sand and 20% live sand that you can get bagged at the LFS. You should have 1 - 1.5 lbs of rock per gal of water. I have about 1lb/gal. Remember that the rock displaces water so you total water volume will drop... good to know when you are dosing stuff. As far as lighting.. a very rough estimate is 4-6 watts of light per gallon. There are other factors involved when choosing lights... depth of tank and the requirements of the corals you plan to keep. How deep is your tank? __________________ ~Doni Marie~ *GOT ICH???* ~120 Reef Chronicle ~ *~Breeding Picasso Clownfish~* "Energy and persistence conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ 120 mixed reef, dual Reeflux 10k 250 MHs, dual Geiseman Actinic T5s,Neptune AC III, ASM g3, 2x Korallia #3, Mag 9.5 return