david713
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
First off I would like to thank this board for being here, I wouldn’t have made it this far this fast. Right now my excitement level is about 10 on the excitement scale I hate to think what I’m going to be like when it come time to put fish in the tank., I just might have to stay home from work a few days. lol
I am working toward having a Reef Tank/wFish. I started my tank setup about 21/2 weeks ago, I first tried to build a sump to go under my aquarium but that was a disaster so I decided on a Canister Filter, I will add a sump later when I get little better at this. I haven’t used anything to help cycle the water other than the live rock. I heard the forum talking about using a store bought cocktail shrimp; I will try and get one of those today. As of right now I have no algae except for on the live rock and it came with the algae on it. I didn't start testing the water until the 14th. And that’s about It. So when and if the forum has time I would appreciate your advice.
[center:4b403555bd]Equipment[/center:4b403555bd]
[center:4b403555bd]55-Gallon Tank
Crush Coral 60lbs
Live Rock 12lbs
Seaclone 100 Protein Skimmer
Oceanic Natural Sea Salt Mix
Cascade 1500 Canister Filter,
Saltwater Master Liquid Test Kit
Tetra 100 watt Heater
Ocean Sun 10,000K /15 watts[/center:4b403555bd]
[center:4b403555bd]Water Testing History[/center:4b403555bd]
[center:4b403555bd]01/14/2006
Ammonia 1.0
Nitrite .15
PH 8.2
Nitrate 0
01/16/2006
Ammonia .50
Nitrite 0
PH 7.8
Nitrate 0
01/21/2006
Ammonia .25
Nitrite 0
PH 8.0
Nitrate 0[/center:4b403555bd]
[center:4b403555bd]Pic’s as of 01/21/2006[/center:4b403555bd]
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[center:4b403555bd]Thanks, david713[/center:4b403555bd]
I am working toward having a Reef Tank/wFish. I started my tank setup about 21/2 weeks ago, I first tried to build a sump to go under my aquarium but that was a disaster so I decided on a Canister Filter, I will add a sump later when I get little better at this. I haven’t used anything to help cycle the water other than the live rock. I heard the forum talking about using a store bought cocktail shrimp; I will try and get one of those today. As of right now I have no algae except for on the live rock and it came with the algae on it. I didn't start testing the water until the 14th. And that’s about It. So when and if the forum has time I would appreciate your advice.
[center:4b403555bd]Equipment[/center:4b403555bd]
[center:4b403555bd]55-Gallon Tank
Crush Coral 60lbs
Live Rock 12lbs
Seaclone 100 Protein Skimmer
Oceanic Natural Sea Salt Mix
Cascade 1500 Canister Filter,
Saltwater Master Liquid Test Kit
Tetra 100 watt Heater
Ocean Sun 10,000K /15 watts[/center:4b403555bd]
[center:4b403555bd]Water Testing History[/center:4b403555bd]
[center:4b403555bd]01/14/2006
Ammonia 1.0
Nitrite .15
PH 8.2
Nitrate 0
01/16/2006
Ammonia .50
Nitrite 0
PH 7.8
Nitrate 0
01/21/2006
Ammonia .25
Nitrite 0
PH 8.0
Nitrate 0[/center:4b403555bd]
[center:4b403555bd]Pic’s as of 01/21/2006[/center:4b403555bd]
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[center:4b403555bd]Thanks, david713[/center:4b403555bd]