I went back through and looked up when I set the tank up it has been running around 3 months but it seems a lot of negative here so y'all have fun hope everyone has a lot of enjoyment and success with there aquariums I have been dealing with fw for about 20 years and deal with a lfs owner that has been in business for about 60 I got my water and sand from his tanks so they have the bacteria needed for the tank but just seams like everyone just wants to criticize someone not knowing exactly what they have done or haven't done since my last post I bought new lighting more filtration more test kits but I get it everyone has there own 2 cent's and have every right to express it the only reason I created this thread was because it was a requirement for the system here or I wouldn't post so I am probably closing my account