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Old August 21st 06, 04:22 AM posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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"StringerBell" wrote in message ...
thanks so much for your help----will that light fixture be enough
for me to keep anemonies?---or do I need som other type equipment?


Beside the lights I would put a large amount of live rock,
thick layer of fine sand "seeded" with a top layer of
live sand (DSB). In the sump I would add a skimmer to remove
dissolved organics before they turn into the nitrates and
I would skip on using any wet-dry or canister filters...
They are there to generate nitrates - this is not good.
They are great for freshwater tank, but not for the reef tank.
Also a heater and a couple of small powerheads inside the
tank to create additional water movement anemones like so much.
And that would be it!

Remember---I only want to get the heartiest types of stuff
out there----not try to do anything exotic.


Go to the public library in your area and borrow a book
titled: Natural Reef Aquariums: Simplified Approaches to
Creating Living Sal****er Microcosms (Paperback)
by John H. Tullock or just order it from Amazon.com
It will be about $20. Another great and very small book
is Host Sea Anemone Secrets (Paperback) by Dr. Ron Shimek $8
A must for you, if you want to keep happy sea anemone :-)
These two positions it is the best $30 investment in this
hobby you can make, before you start collecting expensive
equipment which has no use in a reef tank, like a canister
filter... unfortunatelly recommended by many fish stores.