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[mercury904]

Im plannin to setup a SW tank for the first time.with 2 turbo skimmer ,2overhead filter,1biofilter,flow-lux lights and an undergravel..Im plannin to house a boxfish,rockfish,lionfish,and some cleanup crew in a 125 gallon tank...So do you they'd be compatible?

should I use aquarium salt or a true seawater?

what about thier temps?
diet?
how often should I change my water? percentage?


tnxtnxtnx!

 

[Butter73]

100% use a marine salt it doesn't really matter what brand they are all basically the same. You might want to scrap the undergravel filtel as well. The one thing I have found is that there are some very good fish keepers on this site that can usually answer every question one might have.

 

[mercury904]

100% use a marine salt it doesn't really matter what brand they are all basically the same. You might want to scrap the undergravel filtel as well. The one thing I have found is that there are some very good fish keepers on this site that can usually answer every question one might have.

so do you mean that the marine salt available in LFS is better than the true saltwater in th sea?

 

[Butter73]

Yes I guess you could use salt from the ocean if you have that as an option but you might pick up some unwanted critters when you do it that way. I use marine salt from the LFS.

 

[Butter73]

Remember there is a difference between aquarium salt at the lfs and marine salt at the lfs.

 

[BIGgourami]

depending on what type of boxfish you get they'll work. if you mean a spiny boxfish, the blue one, that's cool. there're kinds that get like 3' long those r bad.
also look out for the stone fish, there's a reason it's the deadliest fish in the sea.