Ok, Whew that was a lot of information!!
Lets start with what I would need to obtain first! Lighting, and live rock. For lighting, I hate buying this stuff at the LFS, as you can imagine, every set up I have ever had doing FW stuff, I built my own hood and lighting from Home depot stuff, however I don't think they carry MH lighting, any good cheap sources for this stuff? Is a 70Watt MH a common size? I assume it would be simular to setting up a NO system, there is some sort of ballast, a light receptical, and a bulb. with quite simple wiring. would a glass top interfere with the light? I am afraid to have light exposed to the water
As for live rock, 1lb/ gallon would be sufficient to get things rolling correct? Where is the prefered source here in calgary? I also believe there were a couple of posters on here in my neighbourhood (Misson) Perhaps one of you would be willing to part with a scoop or two of substrate to help kickstart the cycling process?
