Hello All!
My name is Billy and this is my first 'aqua' post. This is also my first attempt at setting up a SW aquarium. Here's what I got:
bioCube 32 (cycling for one week now).
50 lbs live rock
Caribe Sand live sand
1 blue damsel
10 blue leg hermit crabs
2 Mexican turbo snails
ROD water from my LFS
Master test kit - did my first test last Saturday
two things I noticed..
I am starting to grow some Diatom (i think thats what it is), its brown which I understand will go away soon and is part of cycling process.
My blue damsel just this morning is starting to lose its color..normal?
My tests this last Saturday:
pH 8.2
ammonia 0
nitrate/nitrite 0
Have not tested Specific Gravity yet-still need to get a refractometer.
Anyway, I'm glad to be here as I have so much to learn about this!I attached a photo
My name is Billy and this is my first 'aqua' post. This is also my first attempt at setting up a SW aquarium. Here's what I got:
bioCube 32 (cycling for one week now).
50 lbs live rock
Caribe Sand live sand
1 blue damsel
10 blue leg hermit crabs
2 Mexican turbo snails
ROD water from my LFS
Master test kit - did my first test last Saturday
two things I noticed..
I am starting to grow some Diatom (i think thats what it is), its brown which I understand will go away soon and is part of cycling process.
My blue damsel just this morning is starting to lose its color..normal?
My tests this last Saturday:
pH 8.2
ammonia 0
nitrate/nitrite 0
Have not tested Specific Gravity yet-still need to get a refractometer.
Anyway, I'm glad to be here as I have so much to learn about this!I attached a photo