These might be stupid questions...but...
Is it "okay" to set up a tank (which will eventually be a reef tank) and have it running with just the live sand and/or live rock for awhile? I mean...as in...just allowing the sand and rock to grow and cultivate for months before adding fish. Or will the organisms on the rock eventually die out without other elements added?
My second question is....in what order do these things go into the tank once it is set up? Water first? Then salt? Salt-mixed water and then sand? Sand and then water and salt and then rock? Ack! Help?
Thanks.
Is it "okay" to set up a tank (which will eventually be a reef tank) and have it running with just the live sand and/or live rock for awhile? I mean...as in...just allowing the sand and rock to grow and cultivate for months before adding fish. Or will the organisms on the rock eventually die out without other elements added?
My second question is....in what order do these things go into the tank once it is set up? Water first? Then salt? Salt-mixed water and then sand? Sand and then water and salt and then rock? Ack! Help?
Thanks.