I had a 10 gallon brackish tank, but I used (gasp) aquarium gravel. So, I bought another 10 gallon tank, including a filter, heater, hood, etc.
I moved my animals (mostly crabs of varying species) over to the NEW 10 gallon tank, and have it setup now with (sigh of relief) sand.
Now I have a spare 10 gallon tank, filter, heater, light hood, and light. I just set it up, 1.022 specific gravity and 2" of sand on the bottom.
I'm going to simply let it sit. I don't think there is enough bacteria on the filter element to properly cycle, so is there something that I could put in the experiment tank to cycle it? I'd like to get algae to grow, and hopefully little pods to eat the algae, then I may consider setting it up as a micro reef.
Perhaps I may go to the ocean and get a jar full of ocean unfiltered water and pour it in at a later time, just to see what will grow.
Ideas or thoughts? I'm just going to leave it alone, nothing will go in except a small critter/fish to get it cycling, then that would be moved to my brackish tank (thinking about a goby for this).
I moved my animals (mostly crabs of varying species) over to the NEW 10 gallon tank, and have it setup now with (sigh of relief) sand.
Now I have a spare 10 gallon tank, filter, heater, light hood, and light. I just set it up, 1.022 specific gravity and 2" of sand on the bottom.
I'm going to simply let it sit. I don't think there is enough bacteria on the filter element to properly cycle, so is there something that I could put in the experiment tank to cycle it? I'd like to get algae to grow, and hopefully little pods to eat the algae, then I may consider setting it up as a micro reef.
Perhaps I may go to the ocean and get a jar full of ocean unfiltered water and pour it in at a later time, just to see what will grow.
Ideas or thoughts? I'm just going to leave it alone, nothing will go in except a small critter/fish to get it cycling, then that would be moved to my brackish tank (thinking about a goby for this).