Ok, I have lots of different pieces, with nothing put together yet and I was hoping someone could give me an opinion with what I have. I had originally been planning setting up a reef immediately but I think I am going to start with a FOWLR setup.
I have a 72 gallon, 20" tall tank that came with a canopy and 2, 48" 32W flourescents. Will this light be Ok to accumulate some algae in the beginning? Will my first couple fish be Ok with this type of lighting? Idon't have the budget right now so I was going to upgrade lights in a few months if this will be Ok to start.
I have 30 pounds of base rock and plan on adding 30 pounds of live rock over the next month and then adding a couple of chromis. Also planning on getting 72 lbs (1 lb per gallon) of sand.
I have a Fluval 404 filter, still in box not set up. With the amount of rock and sand I currently have (well currently plan to have), would I be Ok going with a protein skimmer and ditching the filter?
Thanks!!



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You might do better elsewhere. Check out this link just as a comparison
, I wouldn't pay the high prices for live sand. Just get the regular sand and if you know someone already in the hobby they can give you a couple of cups of there sand to seed your new sand. You might be able to buy a cfew cups on sand from your LFS pretty cheap!

