Hello, new SW newbie here :help:
needing some insight from some of you Guru's
I've done tons of reading and hours of being yelled at by my wife, for sitting in front of the computer, but anyhow. I wanted to get a direct opinion on my situation because you can never find that one thread that fits exactly to your situation.
I went fish tank shopping at the local fish store (LFS? is that what that stands for?). Ending up buying a Used 90 Gallon with stand lid light wet dry filter and pump. Apon recomendation from the store I also bought 4 bags of Live sand (LS?) and what ive seem to find out is a Speed Cycler?
Came home set the tank up poured in the live sand, filled with water, turned on pump, added salt over an hour, added "Prime" (the additave i got from the shop), slowly 1 cap full every 10 minutes.
left the pump on since then and this is what i had yesterday after i had done everything.
Today I went back to the store and got 15 pounds of live rock.
First Question.
Cured Live Rock vs Uncured Live Rock : What is the difference.? They just specified Live rock 5.99/lb at the store and recomended (do to my budget) at least 15 pounds of rock to start. The rock i bought had different colors on it and pieces of grass/slimy crap on it (bacteria i presume) all over it. One piece of coral that was stuck to a piece of Rock actually has an Invertabrate in it that is still alive (got me stoked).
I put the rock in the tank today and let the filter/pump run since i set the tank up yesterday. Here it is now.
Question 2 : Is my cycle already going with the rock/sand i already have.?
I plan on getting my Tester kit tommorow to see where my NH3 NO2 NO3 levels are at to see where i sit now.
If anyone can suggest or comment on anything ive done so far please do. I hope by using the "prime" i didnt screw up anything to bad, and if so can anyone suggest anything i can do to reverse the effects.
needing some insight from some of you Guru's
I've done tons of reading and hours of being yelled at by my wife, for sitting in front of the computer, but anyhow. I wanted to get a direct opinion on my situation because you can never find that one thread that fits exactly to your situation.
I went fish tank shopping at the local fish store (LFS? is that what that stands for?). Ending up buying a Used 90 Gallon with stand lid light wet dry filter and pump. Apon recomendation from the store I also bought 4 bags of Live sand (LS?) and what ive seem to find out is a Speed Cycler?
Came home set the tank up poured in the live sand, filled with water, turned on pump, added salt over an hour, added "Prime" (the additave i got from the shop), slowly 1 cap full every 10 minutes.
left the pump on since then and this is what i had yesterday after i had done everything.
Today I went back to the store and got 15 pounds of live rock.
First Question.
Cured Live Rock vs Uncured Live Rock : What is the difference.? They just specified Live rock 5.99/lb at the store and recomended (do to my budget) at least 15 pounds of rock to start. The rock i bought had different colors on it and pieces of grass/slimy crap on it (bacteria i presume) all over it. One piece of coral that was stuck to a piece of Rock actually has an Invertabrate in it that is still alive (got me stoked).
I put the rock in the tank today and let the filter/pump run since i set the tank up yesterday. Here it is now.
Question 2 : Is my cycle already going with the rock/sand i already have.?
I plan on getting my Tester kit tommorow to see where my NH3 NO2 NO3 levels are at to see where i sit now.
If anyone can suggest or comment on anything ive done so far please do. I hope by using the "prime" i didnt screw up anything to bad, and if so can anyone suggest anything i can do to reverse the effects.