Dbo's 55

so i finally got some water and rocks in my tank! i got the rock and sand from a fellow reefer. both have been in a 220 for about 4 yrs. there is life crawling all over this stuff, and the sand to. so i figured i would start a thread. tank is a standard 55, overflowbox w around 20 gallon sump. live rock rubble in sump. if anyone has any suggestions on my tank let me kno.
oh and the lights are all cockeyed because i didnt get my t5's yet, those are the standard ones i had when this tank was a cichlid tank.











how long do you guys think my cycle will be? im thinkin pretty short since everything came out of such a established tank.

oh and i forgot to put the the tank underneath is a quarantine tank. i have a hose hooked up to a ball valve on the pvc so when i want to fill it i just turn the knob.

sorry for the pic quality (with my crappy cell phone)

 

looking nice!!!

 

thanks! im gunna go home after work today and do some test to see whats goin on. but this morning i looked at it for a while and there is a couple snails and a few hermits cruising all over the place already!!! its sweet! also a couple mini brittle stars are climbing around and a very creepy looking bristleworm, still cool though;D

 

If the rock was never dried out, you may not get any cycle, or just see some nitrite and not ammonia. But be aware that if you have no livestock in the tank, the bacteria population will start to die off because of lack of food.

 

ya the rock i took right out of his tank and put in that rubbermaid container. took it home and put my powerheads and heater in there over night and then yest put it in the tank.

 

Looks nice! Good start

 

you guys think i should put something in there to keep bacteria up?? or just leave it alone. im ok with leaving it alone, since it took me about 6 months to get all this together. i have a problem where i read about things 50 times before i do anything. so it took me forever to figure out what i was goin to do . i guess thats a good thing though. lol

 

update...
a couple more peices of live rock
and i also got 2 clowns yest. wooohooo
oh and i never saw a cycle by the way. only my nitrates went up a lil and i did a water change and everythings fine.
guess i got lucky huh?

 

Looks good!

 

Looks great. That is some awesome looking LR.