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Hey all,
New to the group, not completely new to the saltwater world. I'm starting my tank back up after about a 7 or 8 sabbatical. Started cycling my tank a couple of weeks ago with mysis shrimp and Seachem Stability. I'm nearing the end of cycle I believe, but may not be able to add fish for a couple weeks after it completes due to work and kid schedules. I have in the past driven to a LFS to purchase livestock, rather than order online and that is me current plan.
After searching here and online, I have not been able to find any real guidance. So I would be open to any information someone could give help me. Is there anything I would need to do with the tank to assure all the good bacteria remains and does not die off? One thing I was planning was to seed the tank with copepods before adding any fish, will they survive, what should I do to keep them going til fish show up.
My set up is a 46gal Bowfront with a 10 gallon sump (built by a LFS early 2000's). Main pump is a Jebao DCP-3000 pump, and I currently have 2 Koralia 600gph power heads and plan to add 2 eFlux 1050gph power heads in the week or so. 40lb. of Caribsea Aragalive Hawaiian Black sand and 50lbs. of AquaMaxx Eco-Rock Dry Live Rock. Added a bottle of ARC Pink Fusion Coralline algae. Current USA Orbit Marine IC Pro light, and have a Aqua C Remora HOB protein skimmer to add.
New to the group, not completely new to the saltwater world. I'm starting my tank back up after about a 7 or 8 sabbatical. Started cycling my tank a couple of weeks ago with mysis shrimp and Seachem Stability. I'm nearing the end of cycle I believe, but may not be able to add fish for a couple weeks after it completes due to work and kid schedules. I have in the past driven to a LFS to purchase livestock, rather than order online and that is me current plan.
After searching here and online, I have not been able to find any real guidance. So I would be open to any information someone could give help me. Is there anything I would need to do with the tank to assure all the good bacteria remains and does not die off? One thing I was planning was to seed the tank with copepods before adding any fish, will they survive, what should I do to keep them going til fish show up.
My set up is a 46gal Bowfront with a 10 gallon sump (built by a LFS early 2000's). Main pump is a Jebao DCP-3000 pump, and I currently have 2 Koralia 600gph power heads and plan to add 2 eFlux 1050gph power heads in the week or so. 40lb. of Caribsea Aragalive Hawaiian Black sand and 50lbs. of AquaMaxx Eco-Rock Dry Live Rock. Added a bottle of ARC Pink Fusion Coralline algae. Current USA Orbit Marine IC Pro light, and have a Aqua C Remora HOB protein skimmer to add.