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My first year of reef keeping had its share lessons and mistakes. I had a detritus problem and the filtration was too inadequate to deal with it, so cleaning was a pain in the mass. I had problems dialing the lighting and flow just right, and as a result coral growth was inconsistent. This first year taught me what I really wanted (I think) out of the hobby, so I decided to start anew. I wanted a ...

I bought some pet r...I mean live rock on Friday!



I actually said "pet rock" when describing live rock to a friend today. Most of my aquascape is base rock from Marco Rocks, and I purchased several small pieces of live rock from a local store to seed the tank with yummy bacteria.

The live rock on the right side will eventually fill the gap near the center of the aquascape, but I have it in the open sand and close to the ...

I collected more equipment from fish stores and online the past few days:

AquaticLife T5HO 2x24
Ebo Jager 50w heater
AquaClear 70 Power Filter
Test kits
Refractometer



My setup philosophy is that I will start out with basic but capable equipment, and I can add more to supplement instead of replacing them. For example, the AquaClear filter is providing a lot of flow on its own, but if it proves not to be ...