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thought id send out an update on the tank, I actually did in fact give the damsel back to my fish guy, and I bought a six line wrasse the other day. I m fairly confident it's fully cycled by now after a bottle of bio spira in the beginning, a few weeks with 21 lbs. of live rock. So anyways, I...

Another answer to your question, when cycling, you can basically *** tap water, the water itself will sort itself out over time and w/o livestock present there won't be any issues Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Well, first of all an hob filter is not gonna do you much good at all really, use the hob but with a protein skimmer as well, the 38 gallon is a decent size for a nano fowlr tank, but also isn't small enough to not need a skimmer. As for sand, you sound pretty good in that area... As for live...

So anyways, for the future, (next weekend or so) I want to complete my stock... I have my little damsel, and in addition I would like a six line wrasse, and a royal gramma. I'm definitely open to getting rid of the damsel if there's any sort of problem and replacing him w/ a false Perc or...

So anyways, I went to the new store I found and they had everything in bulk, I bought 16.5 lbs of live rock for 2.99/lb so that puts me up at 20... My damsel is doing great, and the tank looks awesome I was also wondering what this was... I found about 3 of them on my rocks Sent from my...

Alright so good news, I'll be returning that purple rock to my lfs, and I found a completely marine fish store 15 minutes away from me that I've never visited before, their website has insane low prices on live rock and I'm planning on getting 20-25 lbs in addition to my 3.5 lbs of coral...

Well for one thing, your nitrates should not be 0, they should be 5-20, maybe 40. But with your numbers it sounds like you just threw a filter and fish in the tank without any kind if proper cycle Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

The blue one most likely is a demasoni, or could've just come from the assorted tank at petsmart Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Yeah you're right it does look like that, but I've got coralife 50/50 bulbs and the rocks end up looking neon purple and it starts to look unnatural Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Maybe so, but with the bio-spira it should begin to start breaking down ammonia... And yeah I haven't been using the painted rock. It's just stupid looking I bought a 5 pound box of this Caribbean "live rock" for 4.99/lb and I'll just return it. My question to you guys is should I get more of...

Now I also added a bottle of this stuff, and I know it obviously doesn't instant cycle, but it definitely grabbed a jump start on it Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

See this stuff looks ridiculous wouldn't you say? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

See the rock you have is what I was looking for, Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I also replaced the hobs with a 400 gph canister with a uv sterilizer and surface skimmer. I'm ordering a bigger one for my 55 :) Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Then I also bought about 5.5 lbs of dry rock and it looks absolutely ridiculous, it's painted a bright purple and ugh it's going back to the store... 30 bucks for unnatural looking rock. It was sold off the shelf as Caribbean live rock Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

So I bought two chunks of this live rock and was wondering what you guys thought of it, I thought It looked kind of funky at first in the store, and I feel like I'm gonna have a hard time finding rocks that would look good with it, any ideas how I could use this to aquascape with just other say...

Money really shouldn't be a huge issue... I may do the 25% live and 75% dry to start out. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

The rocks I've found in my backyard have been in other tanks for at least three years, anyways I'm gonna try the safer route and buy true live rock and wait a little while til I add fish, thanks! :) Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I didn't mention, that my filter media was previously used and are full of dirty sponges and ceramic media from my 55 gallon freshwater tank. So I'm fairly confident that there is something in there breaking down the ammonia and nitrite, haha the tests don't lie ;) Sent from my iPhone using...

so there's where the hydrometer at, at what level would it be ideal for a good stocking Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

That's exactly what I've heard I'll probably steer clear of them haha Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Ooh this is probably pushing it, but what about some type of dwarf angelfish...? Young of course, if it outgrows, I'd take it to my lfs or use an old scratched up 55, in the future Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I'm not really out for clowns. I like the exotic, colorful, fish saltwater has to offer. So I'll look into some of the fish mentioned. If you wouldn't mind, could you make a nice, healthy stock list that would have an overall good look with some movement :) thanks :) Sent from my iPhone using...

Ok I'm definitely gonna be replacing the river stones with different rock. I'll buy it dry, because it's cheaper and I'm hoping not to have any unwanted visitors if I were to buy live rock. I have increased the salt level to about 1.020, and tomorrow I'll bring it up a little more, this morning...

So anyways, I've always been into saltwater, and about a week ago I grabbed one of my 20 gallons from the garage, a couple hob filters, some rocks I stacked up in a crescent shape along the back, and it was already filled with pool filter sand... So with that said I bought a bag of instant...