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Well, Here is the story. I had to move recently from Edmonton to Calgary, so I drained all my freshwater tanks (4 of them) and decided I would try my hand at saltwater now. I have my 66 gallon set up, with only 1 hagen power-glo light (my damn hood only takes 42" bulbs), a Fluval 403 filter, 2 660 submersible powerheads, and 2 submersable heaters. I have a 3-4" bed of crushed coral, plus some aragonite sand (1-2" on one side of the tank) Temperature 79. My salinity is 1.023, ammonia 0, nitrates & nitrites 0 (of course, because there are no fish in it
) I put about 40 lbs of lava rock, and 5 lbs of live rock in yesterday. How long should I wait before putting a few small hardy fish in? I realize that I wont be able to raise very many corals with the lighting that I have now, but at this point I dont have the $$$ to change my whole lighting setup. So, Suggestions please. Also, some suggestions on which fish to put in first would be great as well. You guys are great