surjer
Aquarium Advice Activist
Well, The wife found an add for a complete 55 gallon setup for sale for like 300 bucks so we jumped on it. It has about 80lbs of live rock and a couple HUGE PH's. Also has a backpack skimmer and a nice wooden stand. We went over to the guys house and put everything in buckets. Now he said over the past 6 months he really neglected the tank and was even topping off with tap water which in this area is pretty yucky. I only kept about 1/2 the water and plan to set it up with a new sand bed and new water. Now it looks like he had some algea issues as well. Should I scrape the tank really clean or is the coraline thats on there benificial? There is noth coraline (On the back side) and yucky algea on the front side.
Also - Imma head to the LHS tomorrow and pick up some lights. (He just had a flourecent because his power compacts blew a ballast. He gave me 2 brand new bulbs for the PC but Im not sure what the LHS sells. Is this something I should order online?
Also - How many snails should I throw in this tank? Ohh - Is it going to cycle? I have the rocks still submerged in the buckets with the original water. I figered it shouldnt cycle too bad because I would hope there would be minimal die off.
Any suggestions on what to watch out for or "DONT DO THAT" would be really helpfull...
TIA,
Jerry
PS - my 20 gallon is still rocking strong since your guys's advice over a year ago so your site has definately got my vote of confidense.
Also - Imma head to the LHS tomorrow and pick up some lights. (He just had a flourecent because his power compacts blew a ballast. He gave me 2 brand new bulbs for the PC but Im not sure what the LHS sells. Is this something I should order online?
Also - How many snails should I throw in this tank? Ohh - Is it going to cycle? I have the rocks still submerged in the buckets with the original water. I figered it shouldnt cycle too bad because I would hope there would be minimal die off.
Any suggestions on what to watch out for or "DONT DO THAT" would be really helpfull...
TIA,
Jerry
PS - my 20 gallon is still rocking strong since your guys's advice over a year ago so your site has definately got my vote of confidense.