jackhammel
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i need help starting my tank please help me
help starting 30gal salt tank
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actionjack
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what kind of help?
jackhammel
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wat do u do to start like do u. just pour salt and water in
mrchinky71
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Originally Posted by jackhammel
wat do u do to start like do u. just pour salt and water in
first off welcome to the board. Read around there is lots of beneficial information here. You put water in the tank first, then you add power heads, and a filter turn them on then you begin pouring salt into the tank. After a couple days this is where i would begin puting in live rock and live sand. I suggest live rock first then live sand. Turn off the filters and powerheads before putting in live sand. I forgot to turn off the powerhead and the sand messed the power head up. If you put in uncured live rock you won't need to use a shrimp to start your cycle. Wait about couple weeks check water levels after everything reaches the desired reading you can begin to put live stock in.
wat do u do to start like do u. just pour salt and water in
first off welcome to the board. Read around there is lots of beneficial information here. You put water in the tank first, then you add power heads, and a filter turn them on then you begin pouring salt into the tank. After a couple days this is where i would begin puting in live rock and live sand. I suggest live rock first then live sand. Turn off the filters and powerheads before putting in live sand. I forgot to turn off the powerhead and the sand messed the power head up. If you put in uncured live rock you won't need to use a shrimp to start your cycle. Wait about couple weeks check water levels after everything reaches the desired reading you can begin to put live stock in.
imurnamine
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Umm... ...Didn't you say somewhere that you had a 30-something gallon...? Sorry, may be my imagination...
Anyhow, good luck with your tank!
Anyhow, good luck with your tank!
jackhammel
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i think me and the 30gal is wat im making into a saltwater tank
imurnamine
Active Member
Originally Posted by teen
who was that question directed towards?
Whoopsie, sorry, not you. jackhammel. Okay, I remember reading something about a 30-something gallon. I was wondering if you had set it up all wrong or something, haha.
who was that question directed towards?
Whoopsie, sorry, not you. jackhammel. Okay, I remember reading something about a 30-something gallon. I was wondering if you had set it up all wrong or something, haha.
jackhammel
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oh okay
drewsta
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Easiest way
1) Get tank
2) Get lights
3) Get Filtration
4) Get a Heater
5) Get Aragonite Sand (You can buy 30lb bags)
6) Mix your saltwater in a seperate bucket or plastic trash can get your salinity to 1.025
7) Dump water in tank
8) Get live rock about 1lb per gallon
9) Let your tank cycle when your Ammonia + Nitrite + Nitrate are at 0 you are cycled
10) Slowly begin to add livestock
1) Get tank
2) Get lights
3) Get Filtration
4) Get a Heater
5) Get Aragonite Sand (You can buy 30lb bags)
6) Mix your saltwater in a seperate bucket or plastic trash can get your salinity to 1.025
7) Dump water in tank
8) Get live rock about 1lb per gallon
9) Let your tank cycle when your Ammonia + Nitrite + Nitrate are at 0 you are cycled
10) Slowly begin to add livestock
jackhammel
Member
mrchinky71 said:
jackhammel
Member
is live rock counted as reef