Very Impressed

[ajay1962]

Hello All,
I am a newbie at the saltwater reef hobby. Have done fresh water in the past.

Just received my rock from TBS yesterday afternoon. No problems, packed well, no leaks. I sweated the decision on what live rock to buy, but after reading this forum and touring the local fish stores, I believe I made the right choice. These rocks are so much more alive than anything else I have seen. Though I did not order as much rock as I should have. Within minutes of putting the sand and rock in, the snails began touring the tank, I found a hermit crab, a couple of small crabs. Fascinating to watch the animals roaming their new surroundings.

Very happy with my new hobby.

By the way, You know that you have been obsessing about your new hobby, when you wake up to a dream about a mantis shrimp punching a hole in your tank, the water flooding the house running out to the street, the fish leaping out and floating away on a small river of saltwater. Seriously, that is how I woke up this morning. Had to run in the living room and check the tank.

Also, found one very small mantis living in the rock. I'll be watching him.

Thanks to Richard for the excellent rock.

Alan

 

[ajay1962]

water parameters

water parameters

Tested my water today after four days of live rock in the tank.

PH 8.0
Nitrite 0.6
Ammonia 0.12
Alkalinity 5.0

Using a seachem multitest kit.

Does this seem about right. Looking thru the books, it seems like I am in pretty good shape, but I may be interpreting incorrectly.

Thanks for any help.

Alan

 

[scowiii]

Only one thing wrong with this post? Where are the pictures?

 

[HowardW]

Re: water parameters

Re: water parameters

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10832634#post10832634 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ajay1962
Tested my water today after four days of live rock in the tank.

PH 8.0
Nitrite 0.6
Ammonia 0.12
Alkalinity 5.0

Using a seachem multitest kit.

Does this seem about right. Looking thru the books, it seems like I am in pretty good shape, but I may be interpreting incorrectly.

Thanks for any help.

Alan

Your alk isn't dangerously high, but I wouldn't let it get any higher or add any type of buffers. many people shoot for a max alk of about 11 dKH and your current alk is nearly twice that of NSW.

 

[tangafish]

bring on the pictures..

 

[ajay1962]

Pictures are on the way, still figuring out how to link my gallery to my post

 

[wintercool97]

Photobucket.com was so easy for me to use and free. They have an IMG link thing listed under the picture after upload, all you have to do is copy and past that into your post and there is your picture. easy as pie!

 

[ajay1962]

New Pic

New Pic

Here's a pic for you, though I do need to order some more rock.

 

[scowiii]

I wouldnt order any more rock Looks good. Pl;us besides you can pick up some other rock with stuff you might add to the tank. I Ordered a bit too much rock for my biocube 29 but who neeeds a filter now I do a 5-10 gallon water change once a month and Im good.

Of course I have almost 60lbs of LR in my Cube.