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Hello, I have just set up a new marine tank. It is a 30 gallon half moon. I just got it set up yesterday. I have added 40 pounds of live sand, 30 pounds of dry rock, added my water, and just checked my water after a 24 hour run. I will mention I added bio- spira at the 24 hour mark. I am in no hurry to add fish, I just wanted to help stabilize the tank. It looked like milk for the first 12 hours. At 24 hours it is fairly clear. I have been snooping here for about three weeks trying to learn and familiarize myself around the marine world. I plan on making this a reef tank when I am ready, it may be awhile [smiles). I have already got the the “bug” thinking of bigger better, baby steps for now though. I plan on a clown, cardinals and a clean up crew. One at a time of course, nice and slow... I plan on waiting for the tank to truly stabilize before adding fish, I am thinking if it has cycled correctly then sometime in August. I checked my salinity and it was a touch high, I have made the adjustments, will check it again shortly. Anyways thanks for the site, I will be back often I am sure. I will post pic”s soon. Thanks!
 
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Welcome to R2R!!! It sounds like you are off to a good start! Slow is a good general rule of thumb in reefing...

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Next time you will rinse your sand. Now say this 10 times... :)
Ok me being a noob, I imagined with it being live sand rinsing was not good, so you are saying rinse live sand if I am reading correctly? Any advise greatly appreciated.
 
I would rinse live sand. The amount of bacteria you would lose is minimal. The fine dust you remove keeps your tank cloudless when cleaning the sand bed.
Ok got it, thx. I will do that next time.
 

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