| thanks mempho
I appreciate the comments. I put live sand and live rock and established water all from the local farm store in our small little town. They have tons of saltwater tanks and the owner is really knowledgable. I am happy to let the tank cycle for more than a month as I am now freaked out about doing anything else to it! It's the oceanic biocube so it has an 18 watt actinic 03 blue straight pin, and 18 watt 10,000 daylight straight pin, and 2 .75 watt blue-moon glow led lights. Pump flow rate is 106 gph, and the cooling fan is a 50 mm. My guy sold me a stealth 100 watt aquarium heater to put in when the tank is ready to go.
I don't know what a protein skimmer is but I'm pretty sure it's something I would need to add to this kit. Had I been smarter, I could have researched this more but now I know I have at least a month to learn all about it.
The recommendation of the one fish is good and I plan to add just one thing at a time until I get comfortable with testing the water and doing water change outs.
Looks like most people replace the bio-balls with something else in the back, so I will look into that. Don't know what a protein skimmer is.
Eventually, I would like to have a sea anenome and some plants in there....so any specific suggestions would be appreciated! I will keep checking back for any other advice!
Thanks,
Kristy |