new tank

[redskins2647]

Had this tank running fishless and sandless for 2 months now ita a 20 aga
pc lighting
biowheel thirty
2 aquaclear 20's
did a 50 percent water change on it and added my regiular ten gallon then acclimated the fish and inverts 2 peppermint shrimp 3 snails 1 hermit
and 1 blue damsel
all readings are great almost perfect just a bit cloudy here are some pictures

 

[redskins2647]

cloudy

i meant to add that before all it had was lr so when i added the sand it went crazy hah hopefully it clears up soon and ill take more pics

 

[redskins2647]

Duh

Im an ididot. I was wondering why my tank wasnt clearing at all. looked in my filter to clean the cartridge and there was none i left it out it has only been in 20 minutes already looking better

 

[redskins2647]

redid rocks hah pics

My one and only fish
and fts niether one that great hopefully it clears by the morning

 

[Grins]

What made you decide to wait to add the sand until after the cycle?

 

[redskins2647]

sand

I didnt feel like adding sand when i set it up and i just took the sand out of the now empty 10 and put it in there saved 20 bucks because im cheap like that:grinyes:. but now looking at it i wish i hadnt. but ohh well .my water params are all good
ph8.2
amonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrate0
sg 1024
so im not complaining. turns out i have a tiny baby mantis in there probably 2mm long found him in my chaeto which im letting grow in my tank tons of pods too.

 

[Grins]

Did you rinse it first? Looks like maybe not?

 

[redskins2647]

soon as the tank clears off to the lfs

How does this sound
1 bta when i upgrade my lights
2 false percula
3 green chromis
any suggestions or critisism are appreciated

 

[redskins2647]

nope

No, i didnt rinse and it dosent help that the has a very fine powder over it dont know how im going to get that out of my water. I think a skimmer is in order for my tank which one do you recommend

 

[Grins]

How many gallons is it? I'd wait on the anemone for a minimum of 6-12 months.