Finaly started my cycle

Hey all.

Well it is time for an update.
Finally finished up my pluming did my water test last week. So this last weekend i picked up about 70lbs base rock, 30 lbs live rock threw in some filter grunge and got my cycle started. Still planing on picking up 20-30lbs more live rock and still need more sand but hey there is salt water in the tank and im started.
Today i removed a hitchhiker Xanthid crab. I have seen what i think are fire worms, a tiny serpent star and some unknown snails.

Here are some shots all be them fairly poor.

 

Looking good....

 

- That is one ugly looking crab! Hope none others lurking about...

Nice job on tank.

Thanks for sharing and keep us posted on progress.

Now is time for patience and study...;D

 

Great job, looks great...now think of the possibilities!

 

Hello there, welcome to 3reef, looks like your off to a great start. Great pics too. Luna

 

Welcome to 3reef, and glad to see you have a tank started.

Four things to keep a mind on. Your micro algae will probably die do to no nutrients in the tank to feed on. Keep lights off for a while to keep from feeding algae growth. Don't run a skimmer for a few months unless you put some nasty LR in there as it will extract spores you need in the early stages of a tank. Finally, you need something in the tank to help bacteria to grow, Yellow tail damsel or something.

One other thing.....your water level looks awful high in the sump, have you shut all pumps off yet and checked to see if your sump can hold all the water???

 

Good luck, go slow, hope everything works out great for ya!

 

Yep, now is "dream time", not "do time"....

Good points by Otty!!!

 

Great Looking tank, nice work, to those of you that have seen my post with the hitchiker crab, not very good pics at all, well this crab in the photo is the crab in my tank right now, caught him sitting on my mushrooms the other morning, they are still in one piece....