JZ199
Valuable Member
Hello everyone, I just started up the my tank not too long ago and figured I would join a forum to get some information and view how awesome other peoples set-ups are. I have always been into aquariums and was raised up around them. My parents used to breed certain fish and also have tons of their own and amazing aquariums. (House full of 100+ gallon aquariums) they have always had freshwater tanks though.
I have always wanted a saltwater set up but have always been intimidated and heard horror stories about how hard they are and costly, but I finally decided to take the step after tons of research, although I'm sure there's tons to learn and talking to other people instead of reading articles online will be very beneficial.
For my set up I have a 55 gallon tank, I have a coral bottom set up, heater, protein skimmer, another air supply, I have a waterfall filter which I used mostly to help clear the tank after the dusty coral(I rinsed it but still made the tank cloudy) but I still have the waterfall running.
I have the temperature running roughly 75-78 defrees. My salinity is finally where it needs to be after some tinkering, and also all my tests came back with good results, PH, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate.
Due to my work schedule and timing of getting my tank set up, Friday I'm finally going to get some fish for it. I was thinking a clown and tang for now. Also I've heard a clean up crew would be good to have like a turbo snail, red legged hermit crab or something like that.
Sorry for the massive post, but I'm pretty excited to finally be getting into the hobby. Any advice or tips is appreciated. Also is adding live rock something I should look into? I've seen many mixed opinions.
I have always wanted a saltwater set up but have always been intimidated and heard horror stories about how hard they are and costly, but I finally decided to take the step after tons of research, although I'm sure there's tons to learn and talking to other people instead of reading articles online will be very beneficial.
For my set up I have a 55 gallon tank, I have a coral bottom set up, heater, protein skimmer, another air supply, I have a waterfall filter which I used mostly to help clear the tank after the dusty coral(I rinsed it but still made the tank cloudy) but I still have the waterfall running.
I have the temperature running roughly 75-78 defrees. My salinity is finally where it needs to be after some tinkering, and also all my tests came back with good results, PH, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate.
Due to my work schedule and timing of getting my tank set up, Friday I'm finally going to get some fish for it. I was thinking a clown and tang for now. Also I've heard a clean up crew would be good to have like a turbo snail, red legged hermit crab or something like that.
Sorry for the massive post, but I'm pretty excited to finally be getting into the hobby. Any advice or tips is appreciated. Also is adding live rock something I should look into? I've seen many mixed opinions.
