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Old 02-26-2008, 03:29 PM   #11 (permalink)
michael_cb_125
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Re: New to...well everything!

If you want to have large amount of coral, you will need to limit your nuber of fish. I am not meaning to burst your bubble, but one fish is ALL I would have. Also stars NEED big tanks to survive. Most reef safe stars eat tiny bits of food, and film algea. Small nano tanks just cant provide the amount of food nessecary for sea stars to survive. What types of coral do you want to keep. This determines what you need to be successful. The secrect to success with coral is keeping a low bio-load. The more fish you have the more nitrates you end up with. Many corals just cant handle the amount of nitrates that are likely to build up ina 14 gallon tank with 3 fish.
Just give us more info on what you want to keep in you tank with regaurds to coral. Then we can help more.
~Michael
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