As some of you know this is my first reef tank and y’all have been most helpful with the stuff I’ve forgotten from my fish keeping days.
Question of the day: when to add corals and inverts or pods?
Tank has cycled as of this weekend.
Have two blue reef chromis that went through cycle with Dr Tim’s one and only. No major ammonia spikes so no harm was done to fish.
Thinking about adding a yellow watchman + shrimp next weekend
Parameters:
Salinity 34 refractometer
Ammonia 0 Red Sea
Nitrite and Nitrate 0 (did a water change after cycle when nitrate was 10) Red Sea
DKh 7.8 Hanna
Ca 420 Red Sea
Ph floating from 7.92-8 apex
Temp 77.9 apex
No algae yet either on rocks or sand.
Lights only running 2 bulbs: b+ and actinic 3 hrs/day during feeding and rest of time ambient room light. Now that cycles over I believe I should I raise to 6 hrs and run the two 2+ in addition to the blues.
All comments welcome
Question of the day: when to add corals and inverts or pods?
Tank has cycled as of this weekend.
Have two blue reef chromis that went through cycle with Dr Tim’s one and only. No major ammonia spikes so no harm was done to fish.
Thinking about adding a yellow watchman + shrimp next weekend
Parameters:
Salinity 34 refractometer
Ammonia 0 Red Sea
Nitrite and Nitrate 0 (did a water change after cycle when nitrate was 10) Red Sea
DKh 7.8 Hanna
Ca 420 Red Sea
Ph floating from 7.92-8 apex
Temp 77.9 apex
No algae yet either on rocks or sand.
Lights only running 2 bulbs: b+ and actinic 3 hrs/day during feeding and rest of time ambient room light. Now that cycles over I believe I should I raise to 6 hrs and run the two 2+ in addition to the blues.
All comments welcome