I was a newbie. I started with dead sand. I had a lot of problem. Fish died, and coral died even though after a month cycled. I then had to buy the live sand. The live sand is only $4 more expensive than the dry sand (20lbs bag). It sure booted up the system pretty quick. Also, I bough 8lbs of live rock and 30lbs of fiji rock.
The importing thing is benificial bacteria. If you can find bio-spira which is made by Instant Ocean, get two of that bottles. If you found this, you could immediately introduce fish or coral in your tank for cycling purposes. Otherwise, 10 full caps of Stability from Seachem for the first week. Then 5 full caps for the following week. Then 5 full caps every time you do water change. You can add fish after two weeks after using Seachem.
I had no luck of starting my tank. All the advice on the internet is generally the same. That is my own experience.
I even do water change twice a week
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11-10-2011, 07:30 PM
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