New tank new to saltwater

[Gooseman61oh]

And how about fish/inverts? I already have two snails and hermits in there

 

[BigRedsReefs10]

How I usually do it is as follows : cycle the tank , wait 1 week after cycle completes to ensure u don't get another ammonia spike and let things stabilize, after the week I add either my smallest planned fish or a cuc if I still have some diatoms, then I wait another 2-3 weeks to let the bio-filter mature and adjust to the live stock. After those couple weeks I'll add some coral ( not sps ), the most important thing is to add slowly so your system can keep up

 

[gleach]

Ten gallons is way to small in my opinion. It's going to be tough to keep anything alive

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[BigRedsReefs10]

Ten gallons is way to small in my opinion. It's going to be tough to keep anything alive

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Not true at all, I started with a 10 and it thrived for over 2 years before I upgraded it to a 40b. The nice thing about small tanks is it's easy to do very large percentage wc's. It's true your params can swing easily but you can also easily change out 80% of the water should something arise

 

[gleach]

I was warned that's all.

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[TheTodd]

Have you cycled this tank? I didn't hear anything about that being done, just the setting it up a couple weeks ago. That needs to be done prior to adding fish and could kill what you have in now.

Having a 10g reef is tricky because the water volume is small and things can fluctuate quickly... temp, parameters, salinity, etc. Reefs want stability. It can be done, but bigger is easier.

 

[Gooseman61oh]

Would this light support coral? In don't really know anything about what lighting is required for corals

 

[BigRedsReefs10]

No I doubt that will even be enough for softies

 

[Gooseman61oh]

That's what I thought just figured I'd ask