4 day old tank do I just wait now.

[Ricky1066]

hello I have a 4 day old tank read all the advice on here went to the store bought the 70 lbs of rock. put it in last night the salt is ok level it says. Live sand went in 60 lbs

Pump running (fluval 405)
do I need to do anything else or just wait?
I have the salt water test kit .

No skimmer but they are expensive and i just spent $1400 starting the tank . I have a regular 4 foot flurocent bulb

No powerheads yet was told not needed.

I jjust want to be sure all I have to do now is wait.,about 2 weeks I was told .

The My question wil be what ,Was also told damsels then read ,cleaners

 

[taillonjohn]

yup, just wait.

I would suggest that you do get powerheads though.

 

[Shooter7]

What's your plans for this tank? Unless you plan on keeping a damsel, I wouldn't put one in there. You need some good test kits to monitor your cycle. Do you have at least an ammonia and nitrate test kits? How are you measuring salinity? I recommend a refractometer. Are you using RO/DI water? And I would have powerheads in there to circulate the water. And you're running a canister filter on this? I guess that means no sump?

 

[SaltyDr]

Second the powerheads. In a couple of days test for ammonia, nitrate. Don't add anything until ammonia is 0. Then do a 20% water change and get a clean up crew. Skip the damsels.

 

[Ricky1066]

Ok See here is why I ask here The store guy said I did not need powerheads because I have the canister that has enough pressure But I did tell hom I had a Fluval 4 plus in tank filter and he said I could use that.

I Have no sump I dont even know what I would need it for I read the articles on tanks the basics I will get clown fish and things of tha nature the following is where I am basing alot of my info along with here.

http://www.saltwater-aquarium-online-guide.com/saltwater-aquarium-beginner-guide.html

 

[Cope]

Read all the info here that has a * before the title ( these are note worthy articles) I looked at you're link and will give it a positive mark for the reaserch point.
Just read as much as you can and continue to ask questions.
One thing I would recommend is setting up a "holding tank" or QT as referred to here. This will be a huge help in the future as you wont have to tear apart you're whole tank and remove the fish. I just finished doing this and it is just about the worst thig EVER. do it right from the start and you will be much happyer, even tho this means holding all new fish in QT for 2 to 8 weeks.
Trust me on this one, or not and do what I did, it sucks.
in no time you will have a sourse of great enjoyment
Cope

 

[Shooter7]

Go to the top of this forum and click on the stickied thread that starts with "New First Time on RC?....". There is a whole load of info in there that I would follow more closely than what that article you linked to has, IMO. You don't even know what you would use a sump for? They'll tell you about it in the links in that stickied thread.

 

[Sk8r]

no damsels. No fishes, no inverts yet.
Put in 1 few-flake pinch of Formula One flake food a day from now forward until the nitrate/ammonia test strips you bought? right? good!---register the presence of ammonia. Keep feeding a few days. When ammonia goes to 0 and nitrates are 0, you will start to see algae growing.
Once algae grows, get your hermits and snails, acclimate them [read the * threads] properly, and you're off and running.

 

[Envy07]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11607304#post11607304 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Sk8r
no damsels. No fishes, no inverts yet.
Put in 1 few-flake pinch of Formula One flake food a day from now forward until the nitrate/ammonia test strips you bought? right? good!---register the presence of ammonia. Keep feeding a few days. When ammonia goes to 0 and nitrates are 0, you will start to see algae growing.
Once algae grows, get your hermits and snails, acclimate them [read the * threads] properly, and you're off and running.

You mean ammonia goes to 0 and NITRITES are 0 ---- or i could be wrong but I doubt it

Yeah and NO DAMSELS. You might be urged to since its cheap and hardy BUT once they start killing you might as well drain the tank and scoop the fish out becuase these things are hard to catch in water