I'm kind of at a stand still on the tank at this point.
I've had my tank up for the last 72 hours and I'm sure I must wait until I put fish in, but I'm not sure what else to do at this point, as far as maintenance wise.
Here's what I have right now
29 Gallon Oceanic Bio Cube:
I'm using the overflow as a sump:
1 x 150watt Hydor heater dialed down to 75 deg
1 x Aquatic Life Mini Protein Skimmer 115
Lighting:
1 x 36 Watt 10k Power Compact
1 x 36 Watt Actinic Power Compact
I've removed all the bio balls and removed the prefilter pad so as to avoid any detritus buildup and possible nitrate spikes
All the equipment has been running for the past 72 hours non stop, except the lights. The lights are on a 9 hour cycle 1PM to 10PM
Water is crystal clear (which doesn't tell much)
Water's Gravity is 1.024
Temp is steady 80 Deg F, spite having the heater turned down to 75 (i'm thinking the skimmer, since with the light on i'm getting steady 80 deg f)
I have not tested for anything else, water is premixed from the LFS (dolphin pet village - in campbell).
I already have star polyps growing and some other soft coral growing near by on one of the rocks. As of now, I have no idea what else to do? Am I suppose to feed? water change? (besides testing - which I have a master reef kit) not too sure what else to do. I currently only have about 18 lbs of live rock (most of his hidden inside the sand, I have about another 7 lbs which i'm going to purchase tomorrow. I'm just not sure what else I can do or I should do until I put fish in. I also want to see if I can get some stocking ideas. Thanks ahead for all the assistance.
Here are some pics and build pics: (click on the thumbnails for bigger pictures)
Day 1 of the build:
Preliminiary Aquascape:
Protein Skimmer: (bioballs now gone -- was still there in the picture)
Star Polyps:
Polyp Growth:
Tank as of Today:
I've had my tank up for the last 72 hours and I'm sure I must wait until I put fish in, but I'm not sure what else to do at this point, as far as maintenance wise.
Here's what I have right now
29 Gallon Oceanic Bio Cube:
I'm using the overflow as a sump:
1 x 150watt Hydor heater dialed down to 75 deg
1 x Aquatic Life Mini Protein Skimmer 115
Lighting:
1 x 36 Watt 10k Power Compact
1 x 36 Watt Actinic Power Compact
I've removed all the bio balls and removed the prefilter pad so as to avoid any detritus buildup and possible nitrate spikes
All the equipment has been running for the past 72 hours non stop, except the lights. The lights are on a 9 hour cycle 1PM to 10PM
Water is crystal clear (which doesn't tell much)
Water's Gravity is 1.024
Temp is steady 80 Deg F, spite having the heater turned down to 75 (i'm thinking the skimmer, since with the light on i'm getting steady 80 deg f)
I have not tested for anything else, water is premixed from the LFS (dolphin pet village - in campbell).
I already have star polyps growing and some other soft coral growing near by on one of the rocks. As of now, I have no idea what else to do? Am I suppose to feed? water change? (besides testing - which I have a master reef kit) not too sure what else to do. I currently only have about 18 lbs of live rock (most of his hidden inside the sand, I have about another 7 lbs which i'm going to purchase tomorrow. I'm just not sure what else I can do or I should do until I put fish in. I also want to see if I can get some stocking ideas. Thanks ahead for all the assistance.
Here are some pics and build pics: (click on the thumbnails for bigger pictures)
Day 1 of the build:
Preliminiary Aquascape:
Protein Skimmer: (bioballs now gone -- was still there in the picture)
Star Polyps:
Polyp Growth:
Tank as of Today: