Ready to fill tank with water

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Chammy

Looking for advice, or a step by step to getting my reef tank going. I apologize ahead of time if this is posted but I couldn't find any info.

Anyway, tank is ready to go. So I'm wondering what ratio of salt to water goes in the tank? Running a 90 Gallon

And in doing this, am I safe to get my sand in the bottom while my water cylce stabilizes for the next step...adding rock...and/or possibly somefish?

And while I am waiting for the tank to settle down, where would ideal temperature range be for reef fish?

Thanks again. This community has been quite helpful so far.

basically mix the salt to the directions on the bucket or box , best to mix the saltwater out of the aquarium IMO use a refractometer or a hydrometer to make sure you salt is at 1.025 mix the salt using a powerhead.

next you can add your sand after rinsing it , eiter before you add water or after...i prefer before.

same for your rocks some people put it in and scape it before water some add afterwards.

ideally you want to add and get tis done all at once so your tank can cycle..

no fish for a couple of weeks if your starting from scratch

temp for a saltwater tank is 78,,,dont go lower than 75 or higher than 85....78 is great.

once its all together , youll need to buy a test kit for amonia and test your tanks water.

we will get to that later im sure

[reefwars]

your going to need something to create flow and a heater as well , best to go with 2 heaters as opposed to one , one will act as a backup if the other fails to turn on

if corals are your goal i would seriously look into media reactors,skimmers and decent lighting.

i would do the skimmer and a media reactor in anykind of set up i ran be it beginner or advanced set ups.