cain420
Active Member
ok.. i know..i shouldve read first, but i am still a little in advance..
my clean up crew will arrive here tomorrow (scheduled to anyways)
i got plenty of algae to be eaten.. nice thick green grass lookin stuff..
i ordered the reef package from here for 55-100 gallons
what should my preparation for them be for when they arrive?
do they need certain calcium levels, etc.?
here is my setup:
75gallon w/20 gallon sump w/wet-dry...magnum 350 with carbon (for a cloudy day), 76lbs live rock, 28lbs sand, 40lbs live sand, 2 percula clowns (who are a little bit picky with food but they always eat.. just look for specific pieces), a cleaner wrasse (who loves to eat the flake food, frozen brine, and also will chase after the pellets), and a scooter blenny ( i now know they are supposed to be in an established tank and wonder if the sand sized bugs are what he eats..i got tons of those!)..
tank is over 4 weeks old, cycled in a week plus a day or two (believe it or not).. waited an additional week to add the 2 percs.. and another week b4 i added the wrasse and the blenny.. i have the orbit 48" 64x4 + lunar.. and plan to pipe in a fuge within a week or two..
my readings are as follows:
salinity: 1.025
pH - 8.2
Alk - 2.8
Ammonia - 0
Nitrites - 0
Nitrates - 0 (was at 2.5 when i started to add stock and went down to 0, prolly due to the algae)
all levels have been stable since cycle finished... hope i didnt forget to include anything..
All help is appreciated greatly! And thanks to everyone for the great advice on my tank so far, its comin together great!
my clean up crew will arrive here tomorrow (scheduled to anyways)
i got plenty of algae to be eaten.. nice thick green grass lookin stuff..
i ordered the reef package from here for 55-100 gallons
what should my preparation for them be for when they arrive?
do they need certain calcium levels, etc.?
here is my setup:
75gallon w/20 gallon sump w/wet-dry...magnum 350 with carbon (for a cloudy day), 76lbs live rock, 28lbs sand, 40lbs live sand, 2 percula clowns (who are a little bit picky with food but they always eat.. just look for specific pieces), a cleaner wrasse (who loves to eat the flake food, frozen brine, and also will chase after the pellets), and a scooter blenny ( i now know they are supposed to be in an established tank and wonder if the sand sized bugs are what he eats..i got tons of those!)..
tank is over 4 weeks old, cycled in a week plus a day or two (believe it or not).. waited an additional week to add the 2 percs.. and another week b4 i added the wrasse and the blenny.. i have the orbit 48" 64x4 + lunar.. and plan to pipe in a fuge within a week or two..
my readings are as follows:
salinity: 1.025
pH - 8.2
Alk - 2.8
Ammonia - 0
Nitrites - 0
Nitrates - 0 (was at 2.5 when i started to add stock and went down to 0, prolly due to the algae)
all levels have been stable since cycle finished... hope i didnt forget to include anything..
All help is appreciated greatly! And thanks to everyone for the great advice on my tank so far, its comin together great!
