so yesterday i did some regular testing agian and figured i could start the cleanup process (a lil early).Im sitting around the 3 week mark so i went to the LSF and bought a couple hermit crabs and a black tall sea urchin.
when i got home i acclimated them for little over an hour in a bowl with a heater and drip system ( bought it at wal-mart for 4$, an airline and two way valve). Becuase im a little anal about not harming the lil critters i did one more water test to make sure it was still ok. I emptied the bowl of the water and let the crabs go to work on the algea
when i acclimated the fish i did the same drip system for about 4 hours. didnt quite know if there was a maxium amount of time that there had to be but i had a heater in the bucket to get the right temp as the tank. i let the water double in size and emptied half and let it double agian. (reason why it took so long)
ever since just been doing top ups with tap water and PRIME water conditioner. not sure if i want to run an RO/DI system with such a small tank
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