a few more questions

[dwdenny]

oh well yes then get the scrap pieces from hobogato and call it good. i was under the assumption that it was not drilled sorry.

[Flobex]

no problemo
thanks a bunch hobogato!

[Flobex]

ok a few more Q's-
should i have a deeper sandbed? right now i have very little sand in there, maybe 3/4" (if that) deep. ive read a deeper sandbed helps with nitrate controll.

what the heck is calk??? i hear about everybody dosing it... but i dotn think i need to bury my head in all that calcium stuff untill im ready for corals... right?

also, i figured out my lighting, im getting a 130 watt fixture

also whenever im rewady for corals, how do you attach them to live rock? or do they come attached to a small piece of rock?

[GaryP]

ok a few more Q's-
should i have a deeper sandbed? right now i have very little sand in there, maybe 3/4" (if that) deep. ive read a deeper sandbed helps with nitrate controll.

A minimum of a 4" sugar fine sand bed is necessary to have an effective denitrifying sand bed.

what the heck is calk??? i hear about everybody dosing it... but i dotn think i need to bury my head in all that calcium stuff untill im ready for corals... right?

Kalk is Kalkawasser, which is German for calcium water. That's a little confusing because its sold as a powder. Chemically, its calcium hydroxide. I would not recommend it for a tank as small as yours because it is very easy to overdose in a small tank and can cause a pretty big pH swing. To confuse things even more, there is a product called Calc that I believe is finely ground aragonite sand. Its supposed to somehow mysteriously dissolve after being dosed and convert into calcium and alkalinity. Rather then dosing a lot of additives on a small tank, you are better off trying to do weekly water changes to maintain the levels in your tank.

also whenever im rewady for corals, how do you attach them to live rock? or do they come attached to a small piece of rock?

You can use super glue gel to attach them to the live rock. That's primarily just for frags. Colonies can be placed in the crevices of the live rock so they remain steady until they encrust and attach themselves to the rock. .

[bigdscobra]

on my 20g I have a 175w MH and 220w of VHOs, actually the VHOs run across both tanks. ;)

[bigdscobra]

Oh yeah and on the 10g propagation tank I have a 175W DE MH so you should be fine with with a MH if you want.

[Flobex]

ok, thank you guys so much!
im very glad to hear to just to water changes, that is much easier than dosing a bunch of stuff, thatnks a bunch!