setting up a 40 gallon... new to salt water....
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jay0705
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If u use the hob filter.if u can get a used cartridge from a healthy tank it will help your cycle greatly. Its how I cycle my new tanks which are becoming too often lol. The bacteria that build up in them is essentially what your trying to build up in a new tank. I must stress tho only from a healthy tank bc anything in that tank will be in yours!. It generally results in a soft cycle where nothing spikes terribly high. Just an idea
trigger40
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Originally Posted by silverado61 http:///t/397447/setting-up-a-40-gallon-new-to-salt-water#post_3542458
When I first set up my 36g I put about 4 inches of water in the tank to start. Then I added the sand. Then I tried the old trick of putting a plate on top of the sand then adding the rest of the water. It still got a little cloudy but it drastically cut down the clearing time.
neat trick. did you mix your water let the salinaty settle then add the rest after adding the sand
Originally Posted by silverado61 http:///t/397447/setting-up-a-40-gallon-new-to-salt-water#post_3542458
When I first set up my 36g I put about 4 inches of water in the tank to start. Then I added the sand. Then I tried the old trick of putting a plate on top of the sand then adding the rest of the water. It still got a little cloudy but it drastically cut down the clearing time.
neat trick. did you mix your water let the salinaty settle then add the rest after adding the sand
silverado61
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I mixed the water in a 35g bucket. After it mixed for 24hrs then I put about 4 inches of the mixed water in the tank so that when I put the sand in it decreased the die off. After adding the sand then I put the plate in and added the water a gallon at a time till it was almost full, let it set for a couple of hours, then turned on the HOB. The next morning the water was clean. Then I added the rock and started the cycling with a shrimp wrapped in a piece of nylon.
silverado61
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Originally Posted by GeriDoc http:///t/397447/setting-up-a-40-gallon-new-to-salt-water#post_3542476
Good luck, and keep asking questions. The moment you think you know what you are doing is the precise moment that disaster will strike from some unexpected direction.
Kind of like my favorite quote.
Originally Posted by GeriDoc http:///t/397447/setting-up-a-40-gallon-new-to-salt-water#post_3542476
Good luck, and keep asking questions. The moment you think you know what you are doing is the precise moment that disaster will strike from some unexpected direction.
Kind of like my favorite quote.
trigger40
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Originally Posted by silverado61 http:///t/397447/setting-up-a-40-gallon-new-to-salt-water/20#post_3542515
I mixed the water in a 35g bucket. After it mixed for 24hrs then I put about 4 inches of the mixed water in the tank so that when I put the sand in it decreased the die off. After adding the sand then I put the plate in and added the water a gallon at a time till it was almost full, let it set for a couple of hours, then turned on the HOB. The next morning the water was clean. Then I added the rock and started the cycling with a shrimp wrapped in a piece of nylon.
oh, cool. that sound like the right way to go
Originally Posted by silverado61 http:///t/397447/setting-up-a-40-gallon-new-to-salt-water/20#post_3542515
I mixed the water in a 35g bucket. After it mixed for 24hrs then I put about 4 inches of the mixed water in the tank so that when I put the sand in it decreased the die off. After adding the sand then I put the plate in and added the water a gallon at a time till it was almost full, let it set for a couple of hours, then turned on the HOB. The next morning the water was clean. Then I added the rock and started the cycling with a shrimp wrapped in a piece of nylon.
oh, cool. that sound like the right way to go