ram6519
Aquarium Advice Regular
My LFS talked me out of setting up my 28 gal as a SW tank. They said 1 mistake in a smaller tank could wipe out a tank in hours where a larger tank I could has several days to correct the mistake. So I bought a standard 55 gal setup. My question is when I set up my tank I will have 2-3 inches of sand, two powerheads, heater, protein skimmer and about 20 lbs of LR (Thats all I can afford right now). The first day when I add the water, sand, and LR will I also turn on the protein skimmer to cycle the tank or will I need to leave it turned off til the tank is cycled? I won't have any other filtration due to the LR.