I went to Smitty's today and ended up with what I estimate as about 60 gallons of water in an approximate 60/40 mix of old water change and new mix water. Also picked up 30 pounds of live rock - including one that has a pretty good colony of what appear to be Zoanthid soft corals (running theory). A piece of his old filter media to seed my filter and another power head. Also picked up a 4 stage RO/DI unit so I can do my own water changes. Return home and I was ready to get the tank up.
Came up and shlepped the water to the tank and filled it, added the live rocks and voila it actually looks like a real saltwater tank. Went out and got 10 pounds of Live Sand from Petco and now its time to sit back and let it cycle.
Did my first water testing tonight and got the following results.
Salinity 1.023
Temperature 82.5
pH 8.0
Alkalinity Normal
Ammonia 0.5
Nitrites 0.2
Nitrates 50
Since this is my first time I presume I have a general learning curve. Either way this tells me the tank is cycling. Have to see where it is tomorrow evening.
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