Hey guys,
Got hooked into building a SW tank. I bought a 55 gallon tank/stand/canopy (everything off craigslist) I have 2 marineland biowheel penguin 300 filters (each one good for 70g), a 200wt heater, 3 630gph power heads on on the left one on the right and one behind rock shooting toward the right. Compact florecents with 2 96 wt bulbs (1 12k daylight and 1 ast) with built in moonlights. Around 60lbs of live rock and 15 lbs of fill rock. A sand/crushed coral mix of bed ranging from 1"-6" depth (I bought the LR and sand from a guy that had a 3yr old tank he cracked last week. I have a digital GFI power strip, stick on thermometer/hydrometer.
I have had the tank "cycling" for almost a week now with the LF and Sand. Ammonia levels are high with small amounts of nitrite and nitrate.
Starting to get brown algae on the live sand and rock, Hoping for the best!
Got hooked into building a SW tank. I bought a 55 gallon tank/stand/canopy (everything off craigslist) I have 2 marineland biowheel penguin 300 filters (each one good for 70g), a 200wt heater, 3 630gph power heads on on the left one on the right and one behind rock shooting toward the right. Compact florecents with 2 96 wt bulbs (1 12k daylight and 1 ast) with built in moonlights. Around 60lbs of live rock and 15 lbs of fill rock. A sand/crushed coral mix of bed ranging from 1"-6" depth (I bought the LR and sand from a guy that had a 3yr old tank he cracked last week. I have a digital GFI power strip, stick on thermometer/hydrometer.
I have had the tank "cycling" for almost a week now with the LF and Sand. Ammonia levels are high with small amounts of nitrite and nitrate.
Starting to get brown algae on the live sand and rock, Hoping for the best!