Thomas Bishop wrote:

Yes, much better than before. What kind of plants are you talking about?

There were just some kid or kinds of plants (I forget the names)that
were only in the refugium/sump part below the tank. He said that they
worked very well to eliminate contaminants, as well as little tiny fish
like things (very small down to microsciopic) he said, which also got
rid of stuff and flowed back into the tank to feed other things. To me,
this looked like an excellent all biological / ecological system.

The plants were just kind of floating around, and he said all you need
to do is trim them down when they start to overgrow. I can find out the
names for you if you like.






















I
recommend that you have about 1-1.5 pounds per gallon of live rock and a
4-6" sand bed. Somebody has probably already told you that, but I'll say it
again. That's the only filtration you'll need. You say that you are going
to hold off on the heater for now. I still don't have a heater and found
that my tank does just fine. But remember, even though your house temp
doesn't fluctuate much, the lights will heat up your tank a great deal.
You'll have to figure out the difference between your tank water with and
without the lights on.