i thought id put this here rather than continue the discussion in buy/sell

heres a couple of good links

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...readid=1286738

http://www.marshreef.com/modules.php...wtopic&t=25273

I personally dont like mixing salt in tho I made mine on a salt bed, the oyster shell leaves enough spaces that the rock is really porous...

The biggest thing is the curing process, I ended up having to commendere a family bath tub for volume and ease of water changing...i found buckets and polystyrene fish boxes too slow.... what i would recommend is getting a kiddy paddling pool.....sticking a bulkhead in it with hose and valve and run it to a drain, and use a hose to fill you could do that outside as well, so the sun would heat the water increasing the speed