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:happyfish well now that I have been scared to death after reading everyones insightful replies as well as some other posts dad & son has broken down and coughed up about another 300.00 on various items our new and improved tank will now have 3 aqua pro power heads and 1 powersweep 216 all with...

we are really new to this and we had alot of the same questions you had so I can only tell you what we did and how well it works remains to be seen but so far it seems to be working great we purchased a filter /protien skimmer combonation haning filter it is called a skilter 400 and is on a 55...

tank levels are as follows ammonia 1.0 nitrites are .25 ph is 8.0and nitrate is5.0 are these numbers showing the tank is beginnig to cycle>

since the live rock is already curred and everything else is new including bacteria approx what will be the lenth of time for tank to cycle?

thanks for the input sounds like we are on our way .I greatly appreciate all input since we are truly new to this and on a limited budget. We started this as a way to learn about ecosystems and their fragilness where it takes us we shall see!!

thanks for the advice. should I see a large spike in ammonia since the rock is well cured. I amkind of hoping to see something then have everything level out but not sure since its new and everything is cured

:help: Hi all we are new to salt water reef tanks we have a 55 gallon reef tank with a skillter 400 filter/skimmer 40 lbs of live crushed coral and 46 pounds of cured very brivant live rock.our tank temp has been a solid 78 degrees for 3 days and our salinity has only fluctuated mildly between...