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owen502
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Thanks to all that provide good info.
I am new to saltwater. I have a 75 gallon African Cichlid tank and a 28 gallon bow front tetra tank. I decided to try out a nano saltwater tank mainly because of space issues. I have no room for another large tank. Plus, if I can keep a nano tank going, I am sure I can keep a larger one.
I got the 14 gallon Oceanic Biocube with a matching stand. I have made no modifications to it yet. I am following the recommendations of the LFS which has one of these set up on its checkout shelf and is stock with no modifications. Theirs looks really nice.
I have added 20lbs of live sand, 14lbs of live rock, RO saltwater from the LFS. I got all this set up and let it run for a week. I tested the water and the tank did cycle. I had PH 8.4, Nitrate 0, Nitrite 0, Ammonia 0. I have left the lights off for this first week as advised.
After the first week, I had the LFS test my water as well to make sure I didn't mess up the testing. I got 3 small blue leg hermits, 2 red leg hermits, 7 snails mixed (I don't know the difference between them yet), an emerald crab, and a cleaner shrimp.
The cleaner shrimp died after 4 days suddenly. No explanation for that but it happens.
These pictures are of the tank at 2 weeks. I still may move my rock around but I think I like it.
I will keep ya'll updated on my progress with this thread. Any comments are appreciated.
I am new to saltwater. I have a 75 gallon African Cichlid tank and a 28 gallon bow front tetra tank. I decided to try out a nano saltwater tank mainly because of space issues. I have no room for another large tank. Plus, if I can keep a nano tank going, I am sure I can keep a larger one.
I got the 14 gallon Oceanic Biocube with a matching stand. I have made no modifications to it yet. I am following the recommendations of the LFS which has one of these set up on its checkout shelf and is stock with no modifications. Theirs looks really nice.
I have added 20lbs of live sand, 14lbs of live rock, RO saltwater from the LFS. I got all this set up and let it run for a week. I tested the water and the tank did cycle. I had PH 8.4, Nitrate 0, Nitrite 0, Ammonia 0. I have left the lights off for this first week as advised.
After the first week, I had the LFS test my water as well to make sure I didn't mess up the testing. I got 3 small blue leg hermits, 2 red leg hermits, 7 snails mixed (I don't know the difference between them yet), an emerald crab, and a cleaner shrimp.
The cleaner shrimp died after 4 days suddenly. No explanation for that but it happens.
These pictures are of the tank at 2 weeks. I still may move my rock around but I think I like it.
I will keep ya'll updated on my progress with this thread. Any comments are appreciated.
