If your tank cycled and you do have live rock with your base rock, a handfull of small chromis should be fine. It will take a little while for the base rock to become live, then you could add more fish. If anything strange happens while the tank adjusts, you may have to do cleaning etc at an elevated level. Then start adding the cleanup after the fish have settled in. I would start with the nassarius snails, a couple at a time. Maybe a turbo or two.
Adding live sand won't hurt, and I would save my 17 bucks and just let things establish on their own. @ 4 months now I am finially seeing my pod population grow. The tiny microfauna in the sand bed will be somewhat slower to propogate. A few different cultures from other folks will work nice for diversity. I hoping my sand establishes enough for seagrass. (maybe a year)
My 55 project is moving along slow, I just repaired the brace last night, and washed up some sand. I am making custom shapes and structures for the rock, and will see what happens using just the MMLR and home depot sand. I may not even seed with LR, but may have too.
I will see if I can set it up feather duster free, bristle worm free, and basically just fish and LR, maybe some cleanup crew. It could be awhile before I get the Geribaldi (maybe a pair)
My third tank will be the reef tank. I heard of a place in Phoenix that has glass reasonable. I shall see what is available in tempered, and then custom build. Haven't figured out the frame work yet.
(btw its a conspiracy :eek3
Adding live sand won't hurt, and I would save my 17 bucks and just let things establish on their own. @ 4 months now I am finially seeing my pod population grow. The tiny microfauna in the sand bed will be somewhat slower to propogate. A few different cultures from other folks will work nice for diversity. I hoping my sand establishes enough for seagrass. (maybe a year)
My 55 project is moving along slow, I just repaired the brace last night, and washed up some sand. I am making custom shapes and structures for the rock, and will see what happens using just the MMLR and home depot sand. I may not even seed with LR, but may have too.
I will see if I can set it up feather duster free, bristle worm free, and basically just fish and LR, maybe some cleanup crew. It could be awhile before I get the Geribaldi (maybe a pair)
My third tank will be the reef tank. I heard of a place in Phoenix that has glass reasonable. I shall see what is available in tempered, and then custom build. Haven't figured out the frame work yet.
(btw its a conspiracy :eek3
