Edmonton Freshie walking the plank, Any advice to ease the wallet/headaches :)

[Myka]

"Refugium"

Ya, get the water mixed up to the right salinity (1.025-6 for reef, 1.021-3 for fish) and get your rock in there. Then you will have time to look for pests (and treat if need be) as well as arrange rocks and re-arrange, and arrange again.

Where did you end up getting rock from?

[Hustler]

There is a local lady on here shutting down her tank 210G? that has around 200 and a guy ive bought from before has 100lbs of fijii waiting for me to get my but in gear, If i add anymore it will be macro or ecoreef dead rock as I dont want any more chance of pests Im really looking for some big shelve chunks or branches to fill that 8 feet up but it seems pretty slim... Im trying not to be in a rush but 3k in addons and i havent even got lights yet......Im getting excited

[Myka]

Ya, starting up a 300 isn't cheap that's for sure. I would suggest you try out a couple "islands" of rocks. Try to have as few as possible touching the bottom of the tank...the less in the sand the better.

[Hustler]

I was going to go sandless as the bottom of my tank has the black vinyl coating aswell.... but it seems that everyone recomends it....
I wish i could go black sand even lol

[lastlight]

then go black sand =) ppl do it... not my cup of tea but it's your slice of reef right? the white sand will help light the underside of your corals a little bit through reflection.

[Hustler]

UggggHHHH
way to go lastlight lol
I just gave my black sand away after taking 5 hours to get it all outa there....
Im going to try a light white sandbed and go from there as Im a pro at removing it now without scratching or disturbing lol I just want it smooth enough for soft bellied fish aswell and I figured like I had before if everything was black but the rock and fish it would showcase it more from a distance???
Also in freshwater the fish get right stressed out with a light substrate so its alwasy been a custom for me to go none or dark???