Salt Water Tank

[Jay_Bunny]

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Live Rock - 4lbs


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[jknudson]

Are you planning on adding more liverock? You may have to re-cycle the tank if you add any uncured liverock in the future.

I hate to say, but the piece on the left looks like a very dense piece of what I'd call "base rock"...and while it may have been cured along with actual liverock to have the bacterial load, its definitely not worth the same as a premium fiji, tonga, or marshall island rock.

Try to find the most porous rocks you can find, it will greatly increase your biological filtration.

Otherwise its good to see you're off to a start.

[Jay_Bunny]

Oh I know the piece on the left is base rock. He sold it to me for less. I got two more pieces of live rock today so I have a total of 8lbs or rock in the tank now. I also got some inverts to help start the cycle. I got a few hermits and some snails. The will produce a little ammonia to help start the cycle, or at least that is what I was told. I do not presume to know everything about this hobby as I just started my salt journey yesterday.

[littleindiangirl]

This may sound like a stupid question, but is it on the floor?

[Jay_Bunny]

Yes it is on the floor. Since my cats have a habit of knocking things over I didn't want to risk anything even if the tank is heavy. Not to mention its easier for me to sit on the floor and do stuff.

[eddyhead]

you said you going to put some coral in there? and they said you dont need a light?? well that is wrong...also you will need more live rock...and before you add anything let it fully cycle espically with the price of saltwater fish and coral you dont want to lose any fish...and personally i would get the snails out..once you get them in they are hard to get rid of, and can become a pest

[littleindiangirl]

Snails can be your best friend for cleaning up algae though. Everyone I haved ever talked to always recommends a few snails, some other cleaning shrimp... just little bits to keep everything that much cleaner. (as long as they dont eat the corals themselves) Plus, snails mix your substrate keeping it from settling and keeping it anaerobic (sp?).

[jknudson]

Snails can be your best friend for cleaning up algae though. Everyone I haved ever talked to always recommends a few snails, some other cleaning shrimp... just little bits to keep everything that much cleaner. (as long as they dont eat the corals themselves) Plus, snails mix your substrate keeping it from settling and keeping it anaerobic (sp?).

Snails can be good for cleaning algae...they aren't going to make the glass and rocks spotless however, so invest in a good algae scrub pad or magfloat. Also, each different types of snails eat different types of algaes, and some don't eat algae at all, they are detrivores.

I'd get a good mix of Turbo snails, margarita snails, cerith snails, nassarius snails, and perhaps astrea snails.

Turbos will eat green and brown algaes, margaritas have been known to eat green brown and sometimes even cyanobacteria, cerith snails and nassarius are going to be detrivores that will help turn over the sand bed to keep it from going anaerobic.

Cleaner shrimp are scavengers mainly, eating dead scales and external parasites off of the surface of fish, and they will also scavenge on leftover fish foods in the tank.

[DSGB]

needs about 30 more lbs of liverock and a metal halid bulb and your set! good luck with it. my tank looks like crap. need snails!!!

[DSGB]

you also need a water jet for more current. with no current you will fail. and id loose the fresh water filter. with enough live rock and current you dont need any filtering thats what the live rock is for.

go to saltwaterfish.com and they have a gr8 forum on there.