Was given a twelve gallon Nano Cube DX not too long ago from my mom's boss who has more tanks and fish than even I do.
Today I was supplied with water, live rock, live sand, bucket of salt mixture, extra equipment, etc. from the same person -- all for free.
The thing that's always kept me from diving down into saltwater was the initial emptying of the wallet, so after receiving all the aforementioned items for free, I decided... why not?
I'm already very well aware this is going to be a long process full of research and questions and mistakes, but it will also be a learning one.
February 13, 2012
Re-assembled tank parts, filled with water to do a leak test: all seemed fine. Tested pump, works. Removed water to begin possible scapes for the tank, but decided to check the lighting first. Everything plugged up fine, but nothing worked - not until the hood started rattling and smoking. I contacted the previous owner and he offered to take a look at it and fix anything he can.
In the meanwhile, I attempted at adding salt to the water in the tank and couldn't get the hydrometer to read above 1.014
Better luck next time?
(Still unsure of any possible stock-lists. If the hood gets fixed/replaced soon, I'll probably just let the tank cycle with ls/lr for a while until I've done a plethora of research and am 100% positive on what I want to stock with. I was thinking about possibly some Zoas? Not sure if I'd need to upgrade lighting for those or not, though. Just a thought.)
Today I was supplied with water, live rock, live sand, bucket of salt mixture, extra equipment, etc. from the same person -- all for free.
The thing that's always kept me from diving down into saltwater was the initial emptying of the wallet, so after receiving all the aforementioned items for free, I decided... why not?
I'm already very well aware this is going to be a long process full of research and questions and mistakes, but it will also be a learning one.
February 13, 2012
Re-assembled tank parts, filled with water to do a leak test: all seemed fine. Tested pump, works. Removed water to begin possible scapes for the tank, but decided to check the lighting first. Everything plugged up fine, but nothing worked - not until the hood started rattling and smoking. I contacted the previous owner and he offered to take a look at it and fix anything he can.
In the meanwhile, I attempted at adding salt to the water in the tank and couldn't get the hydrometer to read above 1.014
Better luck next time?
(Still unsure of any possible stock-lists. If the hood gets fixed/replaced soon, I'll probably just let the tank cycle with ls/lr for a while until I've done a plethora of research and am 100% positive on what I want to stock with. I was thinking about possibly some Zoas? Not sure if I'd need to upgrade lighting for those or not, though. Just a thought.)
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