We had a club meeting on Saturday, and one of the other members brought me about 20 lbs of live rock in exchange for some cherry shrimp & guppy grass 
I didn't realize he was bringing it, so I bought some pre-mixed saltwater from Petco, a bucket of salt, and a hydrometer from Petco on my way home. I put the rock in a 10 gallon, with a heater and small powerhead, and mixed up the saltwater to 1.024sg. As I was looking at it, I noticed a tiny little hermit crab, which is my first sign of life on the salty side
A local reefer is going to build me an acrylic sump to fit under my stand, with three sections. One for intake & skimmer, one for refugium & one for return. And I'm going to be getting my tank drilled in a couple of weeks. What type/size light is recommended for the fuge? I'm planning on getting some chaeto and caulerpa for it, along with a deep sand bed.
I've got the RO/DI unit, upgraded lighting, 100lbs of base rock, 2 -Hydor Koralia 2's and a heater already. I still need to get some fine aragonite sand and test kits yet.
I bought Petco generic brand salt, is that ok? It was $20 cheaper, and I was buying the Petco pre-mixed saltwater so I wanted to keep it the same.
I didn't realize he was bringing it, so I bought some pre-mixed saltwater from Petco, a bucket of salt, and a hydrometer from Petco on my way home. I put the rock in a 10 gallon, with a heater and small powerhead, and mixed up the saltwater to 1.024sg. As I was looking at it, I noticed a tiny little hermit crab, which is my first sign of life on the salty side A local reefer is going to build me an acrylic sump to fit under my stand, with three sections. One for intake & skimmer, one for refugium & one for return. And I'm going to be getting my tank drilled in a couple of weeks. What type/size light is recommended for the fuge? I'm planning on getting some chaeto and caulerpa for it, along with a deep sand bed.
I've got the RO/DI unit, upgraded lighting, 100lbs of base rock, 2 -Hydor Koralia 2's and a heater already. I still need to get some fine aragonite sand and test kits yet.
I bought Petco generic brand salt, is that ok? It was $20 cheaper, and I was buying the Petco pre-mixed saltwater so I wanted to keep it the same.
