So of course once the tank was set up and I kind of figured out how everything worked I needed to do something! So I contacted Chris at InteriorReef and he set me up with LR, LS a heater, test kit and a shwack of other stuff.
I started by running the skimmer and rock in a Rubbermaid tub but had a real problem with temperature stability. So I put the live rock in the tank with the skimmer, pump and heater running.
Then I got the lights setup with timers and went to the Coast for the Easter weekend.
But it turned out the timers were not set properly which meant that my actinics ran for possibly 48hrs straight. That blew one tube and let the algae go wild.
So I went to the local pet store a picked up a couple of hermits and phosphate test kit. You can see the hermits in the lower left. The phosphates are low, although not zero. And the hermits did very quick work on the algae, much more sustantial than I expected.
