mattman91
New Member
Hey everybody,
I started a thread in the reef section earlier without realizing this section was here for new hobbyists. Forgive me. But I have some questions. I inherited a 70G aquarium from a friend of mine. He gave me the tank, stand, canopy, sump and protein skimmer. Because the protein skimmer was given to me, there are no manufacturer instructions to go with it. But I've had the tank set up for about 2 weeks now, and I added about 70 lbs of live rock about one week ago. The skimmer isn't making foam, which i've read is normal because I have no bio load on the tank yet, but the collection cup fills up with water on every setting I have tried. (closed all the way up to fully open) is this normal? Am I doing something wrong? Also, my cycle has not even started yet, as my test kit reads that the ammonia is still high, and the live rock has been in there for a week. I read that with live rock it was supposed to happen relatively quickly, am I wrong?
I started a thread in the reef section earlier without realizing this section was here for new hobbyists. Forgive me. But I have some questions. I inherited a 70G aquarium from a friend of mine. He gave me the tank, stand, canopy, sump and protein skimmer. Because the protein skimmer was given to me, there are no manufacturer instructions to go with it. But I've had the tank set up for about 2 weeks now, and I added about 70 lbs of live rock about one week ago. The skimmer isn't making foam, which i've read is normal because I have no bio load on the tank yet, but the collection cup fills up with water on every setting I have tried. (closed all the way up to fully open) is this normal? Am I doing something wrong? Also, my cycle has not even started yet, as my test kit reads that the ammonia is still high, and the live rock has been in there for a week. I read that with live rock it was supposed to happen relatively quickly, am I wrong?