dreamin_reefer
Aquarium Advice Newbie
- Joined
- Oct 18, 2006
- Messages
- 9
Hey guys i'm just about done cycling my first saltwater tank. Its a 55 gal. I have a problem tho. i got a little behind on getting the skimmer and lights in. theyve been shipped but are not in yet. they should be here by next week. all the water parameters are good to add fish but i dont want to add fish without the lights. so i guess my question is should i go ahead and use fish food to keep ammonia feeding the nitrifying bacteria? or can i get some snails maybe a few hermits without lights? like i said the lights should be here by early next week at the latest. the tank has a deep sand bed and i am using a rena xp3 with liverock rubble to help filter. I've got alot of base rock already in the tank and a few peices of live rock but i didnt want to invest alot in the live rock then have it all but die off with no lights during the cycle. any suggestions are appreciated. i also want to say thank you to all the people out there that have put so much information on this site and made this whole hobby so much less complicated.