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also one more thing should i use live sand?? and how much sand should i put into a 55g tank?

yes so what does the refractometer do?

no this is glass and it sits at the top of the water telling me the gravity

i have a refractometer it flops at the top i made sure it says in the green line

so would i just take normal tap water and just mix the salt in and then pour that in too add water change?

well i set aside 1500$ to do all of this so far i have spend 750$ so i still have some cash left maybe you could how me on amazon.com some stuff i can buy that i need and tommarow i will switch out too sand ... also what do you think about "live sand" ??? and i have been reading alot about SW...

alright ill tommarow i ill go to this other fish store its a few more miles away i guess and get some sand and switch it out i already have a test kit my ph is 8.3 ammonia 0.25 and nitrite is either 0.25 or 0.50 my judgement on the color isnt so hot... and nitrate is 0ppm.... so tell me what u...

how would you recomend me going about doing this? emptying all of the water out and just adding the sand....

is it really that bad like is my tank not going to work if i dont change to sand

yea he never said nothing about sand i was wondering to myself why he wanted me to use that instead of sand but i guess now since im like 7 days into it i gotta use what i got becuase i dont want to start over.... another question tho i read and do i need to do water changes like empty out some...

alright i have had my tank up and running for about 4 days now on the 3erd day i added about 35 pounds of live rock and 3 hardy fish that i was told that would be good for starters in my tank... i am compleltly new too fish tanks and this is my first time ever running one i need help...