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I moved recently and figured what better time to take my 150 gallon tank and make the switch from FW over to SW. So i moved the beast this weekend. I put it in my finished basement, after 3 days of letting my recover.haha i think i'm about ready to start my process!

I traded some monsters in i had 2 14" spotted aligator gar pike's and about a 10" tiger oscar. they were great hardy fish but to aggressive. i couldn't put anything in the tank. Even a placastums(sp? algae eater) they eventually eat that guy!

Anyway, i've been reading like crazy and getting ready to do the set up! i'm gonna do a fish only maybe some live rock(i think that's refered to as FOWLR) the local shop got me going with all the basic equipment, but i still have a few questions. as of now just 1 main one...

I plan to "cure" some live rock in during my set up process, i've read it's a good thing to start with some live rock. it says i need to have my jet's blow directly on the rock for water movement. Do i just let them hang and direct them towards the rock? i can't seem to find any pictures of this process.

Thanks and i'm sure you guys are just as helpfull as the reptile sister site here!

Welcome to the wet part of the pethobbyist boards.

This is my neck of the woods so to speak, so if there's any information I can help you find just let me know.

As for your current question, I think it should be alright as long as the current goes by your live rock and circulates throughout the tank. You can test this by adding something like a big bead. Just make sure whatever you put in there, you take out and that it won't crack the glass of your tank.

This is just what I think, and I've never had a saltwater aquarium, but I have done some experiments in the lab with water flow. Of course my professor used a bobber (you know the fishing kind), and I recommended a bead or something simliar. This is because we were testing surface flow and you want to test the entire tank circulation.

What kind of fish do you want? Any ideas yet?
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Phishie

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."