[Rbacchiega]

Good looking Setup.

1) It's hard to say really, some tanks cycle alot faster than others. It also depends on how "cured" the rock was when you added it to the tank
2) 10-15 Trochus snails, 5-10 Nasarius snails, 10 or so Cerith Snails and if you want, 8-10 Hermit crabs. I try to avoid them whenever possible, but had to pick some up a few days ago to help the tank.
3) Mushrooms (vary from 5-50/per polyp depending on type, colouration etc), polyps (same idea) would do well to start. But you'll need to figure out what kind of lighting you want and that will help with coral choice.
4) Depends on Live Rock....I've had a tank cycle in 2 weeks, another took nearly 2 months
5) Just keep testing the water is the most accurate way
6) depends on brand name, but usually online is the cheapest or buy used from other members
7) not normally. or quiet enough that you'll get used to it
8) Most people mix for a couple hours, usually over night
9) Nope
10)If you add just fresh water your salinity will drop. Alternatively, if you're toping off evaporated water, you wouldn't use salt because the salt itself doesn't evaporate. (Hope that made sense) So if you're doing a water change, add salt comparative to what you're replacing. IE in a 40 gallon tank I'd change 5-10 gallons a week, salt is uaually 1/2 cup per gallon, so you'd be adding 5-10 cups of salt depending on what you take out....


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