So just fired up my new 32 Gal Biocube yesterday.
My first marine tank.
Used a bunch of wet live rock from my local Petco (only option, live in Casper Wyoming). Much of it was exposed to air on the way to the house.
20lbs of live sand
Nature's Ocean Live Nutri-Seawater
Here are my parameters after 24 hours:
Salinity: 1.025
PH: 7.6-7.8
Alkalinity: 8.5-9
Ammonia: 0.2
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: <2
Temp is hanging around 78-81F
So my water seems soft. How do I bump up my PH to that 8+ level?
I also don't like that ammonia number, but I guess it's expected with all of the die off from organisms on the live coral.
Have a bottle of Tims on the way. Running filter floss/Chemipure blue/ biocubes in the basket. Going to get replaced with the Intank basket when it arrives. Took the sponge out.
So where do I go from here?
What numbers do I want to see consistently before I add fish?
This good? Bad?
There are a lot of critters alive in there. Bristle Worms, Pods, tiny fan worm.
My first marine tank.
Used a bunch of wet live rock from my local Petco (only option, live in Casper Wyoming). Much of it was exposed to air on the way to the house.
20lbs of live sand
Nature's Ocean Live Nutri-Seawater
Here are my parameters after 24 hours:
Salinity: 1.025
PH: 7.6-7.8
Alkalinity: 8.5-9
Ammonia: 0.2
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: <2
Temp is hanging around 78-81F
So my water seems soft. How do I bump up my PH to that 8+ level?
I also don't like that ammonia number, but I guess it's expected with all of the die off from organisms on the live coral.
Have a bottle of Tims on the way. Running filter floss/Chemipure blue/ biocubes in the basket. Going to get replaced with the Intank basket when it arrives. Took the sponge out.
So where do I go from here?
What numbers do I want to see consistently before I add fish?
This good? Bad?
There are a lot of critters alive in there. Bristle Worms, Pods, tiny fan worm.