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Originally Posted by Brooksie Wait One....Ill post results momentarily Results PH 7.8, NO3 5.0 PPM, NO2 0 PPM, Ammonia 0 PPM What are your thoughts?

Originally Posted by meowzer YAYYYY...now test away Wait One....Ill post results momentarily

Originally Posted by raymond2688 welcome to the site. you will learn so much here. when i started my tank 10 or 11 months ago i spent a few thousand bucks on usless junk and fish, then i found this site and i now have a thriving 125. i know it will seem like you are buying things all over...

Using a Hydrometer (SP) current readings 1.027

Originally Posted by meowzer Those are your very basics......do you plan on having any corals? alkalinity tests calcium tests are another 2 that are good to have OHHHH...how do you test your salinity? and what is it? Look up refractometer I currently don't have any means to measure...

Originally Posted by meowzer Hey...we gotta love our better halfsthose type of backgrounds are great on fresh water...but have no place in salt water...belive me....you should have seem my SW tank when I started..LOL OK...strips are basically worthless....been there done that too..lol...you...

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Originally Posted by nycbob if the liverocks r cured and was bought from a lfs, u r not going to get a cycle. its possible to start adding fish within 24 hours, though i'd wait at least 3-4 days, just to let things settle. u should really get a test kit. 25lbs of lr in a 26 isnt alot...

I have been testing my water with strips..... and have the following: Nitrate NO2: 0 Nitrite No3: 0 Alkalinity 300 PPM PH: 7.8 SG: 1.027 The background was my better half's idea...

Let me start by saying that I have been visiting my LFS for several months asking tons of questions on setting up a marine aquarium. I followed all of their instruction to a "T" but after reading the "101 Tips" and several other post on swf.com I feel I have made some mistakes and that I am...