I set up my first SW tank last week. I have years of experience in FW, and I went with the 1 lb per gallon rule for my sand. I used bahama grand; which is a fine white sand with tons of little shell pieces. I'm not sure if it is live sand?? I don't really know the difference. As I've been browsing thru this site (I looove it!!) I've been noticing a common theme of a 2 inch sandbed. Mine is only 1 inch. Is this too little? It's about 25 lbs of sand in a 20g high tank. Should I add more?? If so....do I have to drain the tank to add more? Or can I clean it and put in handfuls at a time?? The only thing in the tank right now is 8 lbs of LR I just put in 2 days ago. I plan on adding more LR as soon as my LFS gets in thier shipment. I won't be adding anything other than the rock until it cycles out. I have some uncured rock in there, which, from what I understand, will act as my ammonia source to cycle it thru.
If I can add sand directly to the tank without draining, do I need to shut off any equipment during the process of adding the sand? I currently have a penguin biowheel and a seaclone 100 skimmer running.
Since I am brand new to SW, I have lots of questions and have other posts out there concerning a PH and a QT. Feel free to check them out and share your experience with me.
If I can add sand directly to the tank without draining, do I need to shut off any equipment during the process of adding the sand? I currently have a penguin biowheel and a seaclone 100 skimmer running.
Since I am brand new to SW, I have lots of questions and have other posts out there concerning a PH and a QT. Feel free to check them out and share your experience with me.