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cfalker · 05-05-2008, 10:27 AM

Tested the water on Saturday and got zeros across the board. The pH was a bit low 7.8-8.0. Bought 20 lbs of live sand and added it to the tank plus about 5 lbs of crushed coral that my wife had for her fresh water tanks. Didn't rinse the crushed coral well which made the water chaulky. The water was mostly clear by Sunday. Added the sponge filters and the protein skimmer. Had to blow in the air tube to get the protein skimmer going.

Bought a yellow tail Damselfish and four red hermit crabs on Sunday. The Damselfish is the canary in the coal mine. Assuming he lives the plan is to added a clownfish on my son's birthday (June 19th) and if all goes well, a royal dottyback a couple of weeks later.

I'm planning on putting some halmeda macroalgae in the refuge. Other than some more hermit crabs that will be that for the tank.

05-05-2008, 10:27 AM	#11 (permalink)
cfalker Tunicate Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 12 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Bio Cube 29 vs. Finnex 30 w/refuge Tested the water on Saturday and got zeros across the board. The pH was a bit low 7.8-8.0. Bought 20 lbs of live sand and added it to the tank plus about 5 lbs of crushed coral that my wife had for her fresh water tanks. Didn't rinse the crushed coral well which made the water chaulky. The water was mostly clear by Sunday. Added the sponge filters and the protein skimmer. Had to blow in the air tube to get the protein skimmer going. Bought a yellow tail Damselfish and four red hermit crabs on Sunday. The Damselfish is the canary in the coal mine. Assuming he lives the plan is to added a clownfish on my son's birthday (June 19th) and if all goes well, a royal dottyback a couple of weeks later. I'm planning on putting some halmeda macroalgae in the refuge. Other than some more hermit crabs that will be that for the tank.