Bnortz
Aquarium Advice Regular
Hello all,
I'm new to SW and need some ideas and insight. My 60G tank has been cycling for about 3 weeks now. It has 10 lbs. of LR and my LFS gave me some gravel from their tank to seed mine. I have a power filter, small powerhead for now, and heater running. My ammonia is at 0, nitrIte at about 0.05, and nitrate at about 1. My pH is a bit high at 8.6. When should I be ready to start adding fish? Also, please give me some ideas on what I should stock with as a beginner. One more question, can I go without a good light for now? I have a small compact florescent I used on my old 10G but plan on eventually adding T5. I'm also gonna eventually get a skimmer.
Thanks,
Ben
I'm new to SW and need some ideas and insight. My 60G tank has been cycling for about 3 weeks now. It has 10 lbs. of LR and my LFS gave me some gravel from their tank to seed mine. I have a power filter, small powerhead for now, and heater running. My ammonia is at 0, nitrIte at about 0.05, and nitrate at about 1. My pH is a bit high at 8.6. When should I be ready to start adding fish? Also, please give me some ideas on what I should stock with as a beginner. One more question, can I go without a good light for now? I have a small compact florescent I used on my old 10G but plan on eventually adding T5. I'm also gonna eventually get a skimmer.
Thanks,
Ben