I've been reading this forum a lot and have learned quite a bit from it. I have now decided to set up my tank. I have had a FW tank set up for years now with Piranha's in it and have been very bored of them for awhile. So I took the plunge and have bought most of the equipment I need.
I already had a 55 gallon tank, aquaclear 500 filter, and a 100W tronic heater(tank was always too hot anyway). The substrate and the decorations were not going to be any good to me so I took them out and will use them in another tank eventually.
I have since purchased some caribsea live sand, caribsea reef sand, 50lbs of base rock, Seaclone 150 protein skimmer, 2 aquaclear 50 powerheads, 60 gallons of RO water, 50lb pail of salt, water test kit and some other assorted filter materials and such.
I still need to get some live Rock, more sand, maybe another powerhead and another heater.
Last night I cleaned the whole tank out, even using a shopvac to get the last of the rocks out. It was quite the chore as the tank had been set up for a few years and had a ton of stones in it. But tonight I was able fill it with Ro water and salt then test all of the equipment out. Everything worked great.
I think I might have added a bit too much salt as the specific gravity is a little high. I'm going to wait until the water is at the right temp and the salt has fully dissolved in the water then check it again. Will it change much? Ph was dead-on, but that was as far as I got with the water tesing, I will finish the rest tomorrow.
I can't wait to add the live rock and start seeing something happen!!! :dance2:
I already had a 55 gallon tank, aquaclear 500 filter, and a 100W tronic heater(tank was always too hot anyway). The substrate and the decorations were not going to be any good to me so I took them out and will use them in another tank eventually.
I have since purchased some caribsea live sand, caribsea reef sand, 50lbs of base rock, Seaclone 150 protein skimmer, 2 aquaclear 50 powerheads, 60 gallons of RO water, 50lb pail of salt, water test kit and some other assorted filter materials and such.
I still need to get some live Rock, more sand, maybe another powerhead and another heater.
Last night I cleaned the whole tank out, even using a shopvac to get the last of the rocks out. It was quite the chore as the tank had been set up for a few years and had a ton of stones in it. But tonight I was able fill it with Ro water and salt then test all of the equipment out. Everything worked great.
I think I might have added a bit too much salt as the specific gravity is a little high. I'm going to wait until the water is at the right temp and the salt has fully dissolved in the water then check it again. Will it change much? Ph was dead-on, but that was as far as I got with the water tesing, I will finish the rest tomorrow.
I can't wait to add the live rock and start seeing something happen!!! :dance2:
I am just starting my tank to. I am about 3 weeks into cycling. What is your salinity level? I know you said it was high. When I mixed mine I added to much also. I have been toping off with freshwater daily and it is slowely going down. Im at about 1.024-23 now. I was at about 27 when I first mixed the tank.
