skoucout
Aquarium Advice Newbie
- Joined
- Jun 21, 2012
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- 7
Hey,
New to this forum and aquariums in general. My fiancé and I decided to start a saltwater tank and ended up buying the tank/stand from a store and the rest off a guy from craigslist (he was really nice and helped us set everything up). His setup came with the filtration system/lights/liverock/corals/some hermit crabs/emerald crab and all the water from his tank. We set it up last Sat but then bought a few more pieces of live rock and finally finished setting everything up last night. Anyways I wanted to get some advice on what our next steps should be. We know we need to let it settle down and finish a cycle, but I'm not sure how big of a shock it will be since we took the same water. The corals look to be doing great its been sitting since Saturday. Do I need to add anything to feed the corals or other life? The guy said I could add some brine shrimp but I'm not sure how much/often. Any other advice for starting out?
Main Equipment:
72 Gallon Bowfront
Rio 2500 Pump
Eshopps 100Gal Sump
Octopus 110
Thanks!
New to this forum and aquariums in general. My fiancé and I decided to start a saltwater tank and ended up buying the tank/stand from a store and the rest off a guy from craigslist (he was really nice and helped us set everything up). His setup came with the filtration system/lights/liverock/corals/some hermit crabs/emerald crab and all the water from his tank. We set it up last Sat but then bought a few more pieces of live rock and finally finished setting everything up last night. Anyways I wanted to get some advice on what our next steps should be. We know we need to let it settle down and finish a cycle, but I'm not sure how big of a shock it will be since we took the same water. The corals look to be doing great its been sitting since Saturday. Do I need to add anything to feed the corals or other life? The guy said I could add some brine shrimp but I'm not sure how much/often. Any other advice for starting out?
Main Equipment:
72 Gallon Bowfront
Rio 2500 Pump
Eshopps 100Gal Sump
Octopus 110
Thanks!