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Murderer. I am still not sure if I like it or not.
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I love it, so you can suck it if you don't
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How about you do that, and I'll say I like it then?
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OMG IT'S SOOOO SHORT!!!!!!!
But...I love it! 
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I really like it 
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That's what shor hair will do to you.
Oh, thanks for the inspiration--we're finally getting down to making a small salt water tank.
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Make sure you have a hydrometer and a test kit. Mine is so incredibly low maintanence, but a test kit is very very helpful, and a hydrometer is an absolute must. With smaller tanks, it's so much harder to keep things consistent when you do water changes and such. It's the same way with freshwater, but I find that saltwater is more difficult in this aspect because of the need to measure out salt.
Have fun
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Thank you so much!! I think it 5 1/2 gl---but it look more like a 7 gl. We just want to get a clown fish and a sea inenemy. I know I totally mutilated that word.
But we don't know the least about a salt tank--we're starting from the bottom up X) It'll be a little while before we even start working on it though.
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A 5.5 gallon, and probably even a 7 gallon is too small for a clown fish alone.. I wish I could have one in mine. The "general" rule of fish to saltwater is an inch of fish per 3-4 gallons, and some reccomend even more room than that. Look into things like a clown goby instead (they're so adorable). A problem with anemones is that they can be extremely hard to keep alive, may require a protein skimmer ($$$) due to how they need to be fed.
Most clown fish in stores are tank-raised, and don't even know what an anemone is, let alone how to host one (so sad 
If you're going with some power-compact lighting, you should look into soft corals, which are super cool. I can't have any corals in mine because I have a cheap-ass light just sitting on top of the tank 
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Thanks so much for the info! I'm taking all of it to heart; I just told Josh what you told me.
The thing is here is that the people at the saltwater store are total dicks to us even though I've been shopping there for 5+ years now. They just feel like that if you don't have a shit load of ample money and have never had a salt tank that you're just not worth talking to. We bought a 50 gl tank over the summer for just salt but they were like "You need to buy 50lbs of rock for a 50 gl tank" I think they were just fucking with us... so we ended up not following through with a salt tank.
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The rock advice was actually pretty accurate. Some people put even more than that. I have a few lbs of rock in my 5 gallon, but need to add a couple more lbs. LR (live rock) can be expensive, but it's incredibly beneficial. In a saltwater tank, LR is your filter. You need a powerhead that will circulate approximately ... I think 5-6? times the amount of water in your tank (I have a small powerhead that circulates about 68 gallons per hour, on a 5 gallon). The water movement allows the stuff on the LR to live, which filters your water.
50 lbs would be super expensive. The LR here is about 6$ a pound.
Head over to [link] and check out the saltwater question. Ask any questions you want.. they're extremely knowledgeable and helpful
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I think it's 8$ per lb at the store here :/ I don't think he meant live rock, though. The people there are just douches in general, even when Ihav something beneficial to say. Thanks alot for the linkage!
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