My First Saltwater Nano

[NasB]

Would clown be good with damsel ?

 

[BigRedsReefs10]

Honestly if your going to put a clown in a 10 it should be the only fish

 

[NasB]

Alright

 

[NasB]

Update Day 3

Got the rest of my live rocks

 

[deckaman225]

Awesome how many lb you got know??

 

[carey]

Did you add an ammonia source? Im not sure if I missed that? You most likely will not find much of a spike in parameters as you started with all live rock. You only need to test for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate during your cycle, nothing else needd to be eetsted, even the ph.
You can bust up some of those rocks too with a towel wrapped around a rock and a hammer, maybe get a few smaller pieces for your small inverts to eventually call home.
I have had several pairs of clownss and non host anything. i had one set that hosted an elegance coral, but so badly I had to rehome the coral, they almost killed it.
I like the possuum wrasse idea or even that orange striped goby above, he is adorable. lol
I'd concentrate more on the corals and inverts than fish in a tank that size. But you can make it look amazing, you'd be surprised how great such a small tank can look.

 

[NasB]

Not sure I'm pretty sure it's about 12lbs a little over 10 lbs. I added some fish food pellets also just in case, will that work? I would like to break the rocks up, just wasn't sure if I could. I also decided to poor some of the water from the tank at the store with the rock if that helps.

 

[NasB]

Also I tested the salinity and it was 1.208. Should I add water?

 

[Macscale]

You mean 1.028?

 

[Darylb]

1.208? That's extremly high unless you mean 1.028 then that's alright 1.025 is like the norm for reef tanks

 

[NasB]

1.028 sorry and temp at 80

 

[NasB]

Should I add water or leave it alone

 

[BigRedsReefs10]

Are you topping off with ro/di? You want your sg at 1.023-.026

 

[Macscale]

Yeah, it's too high. Replace some water with ro/di water.

 

[NasB]

Don't have unit but I have API tap water conditioner so I'll use my tap

 

[Macscale]

I'd get a unit as fast as you can.

I did a test on two tanks, one conditioned tap water, one RO/DI.
The tap water didn't fail, but the RO/DI parameters were much better.
Although, my tap water has extra filtration, that we installed a long time ago.

 

[BigRedsReefs10]

If your using tap be prepared for algae problems down the road. And also hope there's no copper in the water

 

[Macscale]

I personally, have never had problems with algae in tap water. It is very common. I used 4 conditioners, when I didn't have RO/DI and I was fine.

I STILL WOULDN'T RECOMMEND IT. Just because I did well, doesn't mean you will.

Test your tap water for Nitrates, Phos, and Copper.

 

[10gal_nano]

You can purchase ro/di water from your nearest supermarket for about 75¢

 

[NasB]

Ok if I can purchase it made already that's good ill pick some up