Puffer Chick's 46 Gallon Bowfront Reef

Ok, you picked the rock and sand up Saturday (today!) - where are the pics? Luna, did you find that ticket book yet?

 

Alright so here ya go!!
The tank is officially up and running! my parents surprisingly really got into setting up the tank, and helped decide where the rocks go and the sand. I need to get more water next week, i didn't buy enough to fill up the tank. There is also a little bit less than 88lbs of rock, i couldn't use all of it because some pieces were to big.

Test Results Day 1:
Salanity- 1.025
NO2- 0.05
PH-8.6
Alkalinity-normal 1.7-2.8
Nitrate-0
Ammonia-was a blue color, chart didn't have that color? i guess it was high and off the charts then.

 

That amount of LR is going to give you very nice bio filtration....Looks good.

 

Awesome I really like the rockwork. That's going to give you a nice amount of filtration and some good spots to place corals!

 

Congrats, you are officially a reefer...............sounds funny, doesnt it?


Luna

 

haha yup it does! oh, i have noticed some red stuff growing on of the rocks at the bottom, and on some other rocks, is this red a good or bad sign?

 

Without seeing it, its hard to tell, but by the sounds of it, its probably Cyano, but your tank is too young to have that yet. Make sure you keep the lights off while you complete your cycle.



Luna

 

ok, i just have the light on for now *it's whatever came with the tank, probably flourescent*

 

and looking around the tank, i see a lot of this red stuff, but i can't get a clear picture to save my life. I also saw a small white thing on one of the rocks, and the rocks have a bunch of root looking type stuff on them, lol i've never seen lr up close so, could be normal?

 

oh yea, lol another thing that i found on one rock, was a small shell like thing, i was able to open and close it, and it whas brown lol, didn't take a picture, oh boy, i feel like a noob, lol but finding all these things are very exciting