zparticle
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After several years of freshwater tanks, today I'm starting a new saltwater tank. I have an unused 29g tank so what the heck.
zparticle said:Okay the temp is hanging right at 77F. My hydrometer is not floating in the green range though. I've already mixed in more salt than the instructions say to but I'm not at the correct salinity yet.
Is it okay to keep adding salt mix?
Don't be discouraged! What I have found is that everyone has an opinion as everyone does things differently. There seems to be no set rule when it comes to SW, that's why this forum is so good - you can hear people's opinions based on experience. As for filters, you don't NEED either. I run a 55g with no filter, just plenty of live rock, 2x power heads and a good quality large skimmer. I don't have a full blown reef but do keep some corals. I have a pufferfish, eats corals if you go down this road you just have to keep up with the weekly water changes, which you have to do anyway...
I have a 29 as well. Here is the link to my thread. http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f14/here-is-the-plan-223910.html
29 gallon, natural filtration(40lbs of sand idk how many lbs of rock. Will be adding some more rock though when I move), voyager 3 powerhead from sicce, and a fluval heater. My parameters are always perfect. Plus it is fun to show people a tank with no filter hanging on it. I have 7 fuzzy mushrooms(they keep dividing started with 4), some zoas(not sure of the exact colorings name), orange ricordea, montypora capricornus(growing pretty quickly), alveopora, pulsing xenia(finally starting to grow), blastomussa wellsi(just grew 3rd head). All are happy I am asssuming, since they are growing. I do only have a watchman goby and a pistol shrimp in there as well as a mexican turbo, nassarius snail, some hermits and a TON of stomatella snails(gonna start giving them away). Oh and a sea urchin. Do not get frustrated just do what you want to do.
Make sure that rock is resting on the bottom and not on the sand. If you get something like a pistol shrimp or another digger it will pull all the sand out from under the rocks.