Chemicals

[woolfe]

Ok I just finished looking at the dry good section. :notsure: What do I need, what's not necessary? What do I do or add when the cycling is finished?

 

[mcsd22]

What are you going to have in your tank?

 

[acrylic51]

Don't add anything to your tank!!!!!!!

The first thing you should do is test and see where your levels are before you add a thing.....The last thing you want to do is start things off by whacking your parameters out of whack by adding without testing.

 

[woolfe]

fish the LR & LS. soft corals, shrimp. But to begin when the cycles done just a clean up crew.
Are ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, and PH ALL I need to monitor? I see stuff for copper and a few other things.

 

[acrylic51]

At the begining you'll be monitoring those things, but as time progresses and dpending what your keeping in your tank you might need to pay close attention to your calcium, phospates, magnesium, and potassium levels as well......It just depends how in depth you want to take things......

 

[mandarin w]

Sorry to hijack this for a second, but I have got to say,
Acrylic 51, the little girl in your avtar is sooooo cute. I see her all the time.
Just had to say that.

 

[acrylic51]

Thanks!!!!! That's my little 5yr old....my oldest is 15 what an age gap between the 2.

 

[jmick]

Originally Posted by acrylic51
Don't add anything to your tank!!!!!!!

The first thing you should do is test and see where your levels are before you add a thing.....The last thing you want to do is start things off by whacking your parameters out of whack by adding without testing.
Very good advise, far to many people dump additives into their tank with testing. Only add what you can test for. The only thing I add to my tank is Kalk a few times a week and I change water every 2 weeks.
I think a lot of the products on the market are garbage, especially products by Kent (they are a good marketing company and poor at everthing else).