i appriciate all of your help...i went to the petstore today (before reading the reply posts) and this is what happened.
they guy said that he used all live sand in his tank, and it was ready to go...and that's why he suggested it for us. just cuz it's a lot easier to deal with, and you don't have to wait as long and what not. being a begginer, i just went for it. (he cut me a deal on it too...which was ethical at best) i also went ahead and did this cuz my friend has been stressed out about this, and hoped that if we at least got some fish in the tank, she would feel better about everything...and my plan worked. hopefully the fish live...or i hafta come up with a new plan
when i asked about the noise in the sump, he said that he didn't really know seeing as how we are the first people in the county to buy this newer sump system that just barely came out. luckily his friend from the adjacent county was there and was able to help me with that problem.
yesterday we put in all the water and the salt, and the salinity is ok according to our hydrometer. so that was good...i threw in the live sand, and got a couple of damsel fish (and a cleaner shrimp) and threw them all in there...so far, so good. everything seems to be ok, but im afraid that i've screwed up somewhere along the line. but if they live, then i guess im ok.
so that's the situation so far. if they live for a week or 2, then i think were going to invest more money in fish and a cleanup crew and whatnot. (probably the cleanup crew before the fish) and then maybe add just a little bit of live rock...enough to keep things "balanced" i don't really want it for decoration or a reef or anything like that. and then i think we'll have our tank for now.
but we are very open to this right now, and are trying to imagine the possibilites...and things are looking a lot better. as long as our wallets can keep up, i think we'll enjoy this a lot. i really appriciate all of your help. thanks a lot!!
they guy said that he used all live sand in his tank, and it was ready to go...and that's why he suggested it for us. just cuz it's a lot easier to deal with, and you don't have to wait as long and what not. being a begginer, i just went for it. (he cut me a deal on it too...which was ethical at best) i also went ahead and did this cuz my friend has been stressed out about this, and hoped that if we at least got some fish in the tank, she would feel better about everything...and my plan worked. hopefully the fish live...or i hafta come up with a new plan
when i asked about the noise in the sump, he said that he didn't really know seeing as how we are the first people in the county to buy this newer sump system that just barely came out. luckily his friend from the adjacent county was there and was able to help me with that problem.
yesterday we put in all the water and the salt, and the salinity is ok according to our hydrometer. so that was good...i threw in the live sand, and got a couple of damsel fish (and a cleaner shrimp) and threw them all in there...so far, so good. everything seems to be ok, but im afraid that i've screwed up somewhere along the line. but if they live, then i guess im ok.
so that's the situation so far. if they live for a week or 2, then i think were going to invest more money in fish and a cleanup crew and whatnot. (probably the cleanup crew before the fish) and then maybe add just a little bit of live rock...enough to keep things "balanced" i don't really want it for decoration or a reef or anything like that. and then i think we'll have our tank for now.
but we are very open to this right now, and are trying to imagine the possibilites...and things are looking a lot better. as long as our wallets can keep up, i think we'll enjoy this a lot. i really appriciate all of your help. thanks a lot!!
