crabbypants
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I hope the list attatches to this! I need my computer hubby here to help with that, but he is in D.C. today!
Past all that I have a few questions on a new setup
1. What should my levels read (opti, and cycling)
2. For anemone, what lighting should I have?
3. Can I add more LR after I get a fish, (my kids want a fish now, I am trying to hold them off till Nov 10)
4. I used some old LR the guy had stored in SW for 2 months while waiting to sell set up, is that OK in the tank? One has fur on it that I keep scrubbing off but it keeps coming back!
5. Why is the sky blue? JK
Levels read last night:
Temp 80 F
gravity between 1.021 and 1.022
Ph 8.2
Alk- normal
Ammonia .25
Nitrate 0
I do not want to put any critters in if the levels are not safe. I get my LR and LS today, then what testing schedule should I follow, and when is it ok to get a fish? I read about damsels cycling a tank, but I do not know how the kids would feel when I presented them fried once the tank was ready for other fish.
I am also considering a UV what can I get away with on the size tank I have
Past all that I have a few questions on a new setup
1. What should my levels read (opti, and cycling)
2. For anemone, what lighting should I have?
3. Can I add more LR after I get a fish, (my kids want a fish now, I am trying to hold them off till Nov 10)
4. I used some old LR the guy had stored in SW for 2 months while waiting to sell set up, is that OK in the tank? One has fur on it that I keep scrubbing off but it keeps coming back!
5. Why is the sky blue? JK
Levels read last night:
Temp 80 F
gravity between 1.021 and 1.022
Ph 8.2
Alk- normal
Ammonia .25
Nitrate 0
I do not want to put any critters in if the levels are not safe. I get my LR and LS today, then what testing schedule should I follow, and when is it ok to get a fish? I read about damsels cycling a tank, but I do not know how the kids would feel when I presented them fried once the tank was ready for other fish.
I am also considering a UV what can I get away with on the size tank I have
- 180 reef ready / 20 gal sump
- Wet/Dry
- protien Skimmer
- 2 Rio 2500 PH
4 -30W all aquarium bulbs
CC with 50 lbs LS- 50 lbs LR