Setting Up The Red Sea Max This Week!!

[RuGlu6]

Originally Posted by fraggalrock

Wow That is great with the PVC pipe! Thanks for letting me know,so I can have inplace before he Live rock goes in,I will post pics as soon as I make it!

What ever you do make sure you DON'T get any fish before 3 month or more.
This will give your tank some time to stabilize, also remove phosphates from day one.
You can buy things that you don't have to feed earlier then 3 month like mushrooms etc.

[fraggalrock]

I promise pics soon ive just been busy planning,I will add a Cromus because I used live rock from a friends amazing tank and live sand mixed in with the arronite.My live rock has lots of good things growing on it. Pics soon I Promise!!

[Ken]

Hi Fraggalrock, love the excitement of a hobbyist starting out each step of the way, we need pictures and more pictures. Regards Ken

[fraggalrock]

OK Now we are getting somewhere! Live sand and Rock in now in and all reading are good![IMG][/IMG]
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[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

The button polyps and shrooms are of the almost bulletproof variety, in case anybody is wondering. All the rock is fully cured and transported in a bucket of tank water, so little or no die off is expected. Good start Sherry and it is fun to see such newbie enthusiasm.

Anthony

[intarsiabox]

All tanks show good parameters at the start. I would monitor for ammonia, nitrite and nitrates for at least a week to make sure you don't get any spikes before adding any livestock as a peace of mind. Adding cured live rock/sand is the best way to go as it cuts down cycling time a lot. Damsels and Chromis are hardy but adding them to a new tank without testing isn't ethical IMO. The tank looks great and you were lucky to get rock already covered in polyps and mushrooms! You are definetly on the way to a beautiful aquarium!