my status update!

my 55 gallon fresh died unexpectedly... all dead when i came home, no clue why. my 3 apple snails managed to cling to live and i put them in a cricket keeper with water, they have been alive for 2 days. I turned my 10 gallon salt into a freshwater tank for them, gonna put them in it with some live plants and a few tetras or something and let it chill....

my 55 is now going to be a salt tank, i'm mixing the salt right now for it. i need a light for it, what light do you recommend for a 55 if i'm going to be having anemone and coral and all that, the works? i only have one little piece of live rock in there now along with a regular rock that I'm hoping will turn live. also have one big bag of live sand in it, it covers the bottom but I hear that's not enough, but it's a start.

just wanted to let everyone know what was up, I was devastated when my fish died and kind of took a break from the forums...

the water smelled like chlorine, i had just did a water change before they died too, maybe it was something in the tap water... lesson learned.

Bummer about your freshies! That really sucks to lose them all. But on a side note you now are moving into your larger SW tank like you wanted. Things have a way of working out whether we realize it or not at first.

yea, true... hopefully the snails do well in the ten gallon, it was salt so i'm hoping i got all the salt out... a little salt wont hurt them right?

rince it well in vinegar and water the'll be fine. I hope you are using RO/DI in this new tank!!!??

They are snails. Salt will hurt them. I agree on the vinegar rinse.

Aquaticlife 4x54w t5ho. I'm in love with these fixtures.

Its a bummer about your fish but like said before. Everything has a way of working its self out. If you need some sand i have a partial bag left if you are interested in looking at the meet and greet

Id go but that's a little far for me, and I think I have to work too :(

That happened to me last week with my angel fry but I forgot to add dechlorinator to the tap water. Even with experience we make huge mistakes.

Check out pet paradise they have the coral life 48" fixture with 4xcompacts and 2x 175w metal hilides should be enough to do most SW reef tanks...think it was $2-300

awesome! ive been going to simply pets on military, but i love pet paradise too