Day two!

[Horvy19]

Added my live rock. Did my first test strips and everything is great so far. Temp is a little high 79.5. My house is at 73 and my tank heater is set at 74 so it shouldn't be on. How long should I wait and how often should I test? Also got a little crab and some little snails with my rock, should I remove them?

 

[Huffers]

Leave the crab and snails. They should be ok provided you don't have a huge ammonia spike. Test your water again in about 48 hours and see what your results say then. Looks good so far!

 

[Convict2161]

Tank looks good. I like rock so if it was me of add more live rock,that's just me though. Keep testing often and you don't need the lights on while your tank is cycling. It will help with algae.

Also IMSO test strips aren't good, they are known to be very inaccurate. If possible I'd go with at least the API saltwater test kit. Those strips seem to go down hill once the bottle is opened and the air hits them.

 

[Horvy19]

Got ya. I will get a test kit. Thanks again

 

[Horvy19]

Got the right test kit. A power head. And one more piece of live rock. Having trouble getting the

 

[Horvy19]

Got the right test kit. A power head. And one more piece of live rock. Having trouble getting the

Having trouble getting the seascape right. Spent like an hour on it yesterday! Don't feel like messing with it today. Levels look good so far.

 

[Convict2161]

Having trouble getting the seascape right. Spent like an hour on it yesterday! Don't feel like messing with it today. Levels look good so far.

It happens. You'll find the look you like. What I do and I know it may extreme but... I'm real critical with my scapes.

I take a few pictures and then load to my PC and I move, add or takeaway rocks and then add corals I may like and see how it looks.

It's worked so far. Good luck. Here for help/suggestions/advice...

 

[Pufferlove]

Try for lots of over hangs and caves and maybe get some smaller Rock to fill in some of the negative space but all together it's lookin' good what are you planning to put in there

 

[Horvy19]

As of now I want some cool looking coral and like 2 or 3 small fish. I'm such a newbie, I did tons of research but don't know names yet. I'll get there. Need suggestions of easy but cool liking corals for now. If I got my rock from an established tank Will I still get an ammonia spike?

 

[Pufferlove]

Maybe some Zoanthids and you can always look at www.liveaquaria.com for ideas

 

[Horvy19]

Sweet thanks but how will I know what my lights handle or not, got the lights that come with the 14 gal bio cube?

 

[Convict2161]

You will still cycle with live rock from an established tank. What type of lights do you have again?

 

[Horvy19]

You will still cycle with live rock from an established tank. What type of lights do you have again?

There's a 10k white one and 24w actinic And the led

 

[Convict2161]

There's a 10k white one and 24w actinic And the led

I'd do some easy corals. Zoas,leathers, mushrooms etc.

As above posted a great site is LiveAquaria

http://www.aquacon.com/Begcorals.html

 

[Horvy19]

Thanks for all the help. Now its like watching water boil!

 

[Horvy19]

After another half hour=

 

[Convict2161]

After another half hour=

Looks good. You've got a lot of real-estate for corals

 

[Horvy19]

When should I assume my goby is KIA. He's been MIA for over a week now. Also got some good pics with my iPhone.

 

[Horvy19]

Found my goby in the pump chamber under the pump. I'm assuming he was there for awhile, but he's ok! I'm having trouble putting corals where a. They look good b. it's a good spot for them( flow and light wise) and c. So their is room for everything! Also got my in tank media basket. I thought it would be more of a tight fit but I got it so water is running though it and I think it's right.

 

[22engine]

Found my goby in the pump chamber under the pump. I'm assuming he was there for awhile, but he's ok! I'm having trouble putting corals where a. They look good b. it's a good spot for them( flow and light wise) and c. So their is room for everything! Also got my in tank media basket. I thought it would be more of a tight fit but I got it so water is running though it and I think it's right.

You are using the stock lighting right