help seting up salt water

zuzes20011 · #1 02-21-2009, 08:58 PM

thxs guys added more filter media and it is takeing care of the milky water

BlueAbyss · #2 02-22-2009, 07:47 AM

IMO if you keep the lights off while cycling you will lose a lot of interesting encrusting growth. At least if the rock is fresh, if it's 'cured' then chances are there won't be any interesting encrusting growth. Other than coralline

awa1979 · #3 02-22-2009, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by BlueAbyss

IMO if you keep the lights off while cycling you will lose a lot of interesting encrusting growth. At least if the rock is fresh, if it's 'cured' then chances are there won't be any interesting encrusting growth. Other than coralline

I left my lights on and glad that I did. I got several types of corals that survived and have been growing ever since, nothing major, but I think they would have likely died had the lights been kept off.

Never had a massive algae bloom either, had a brief diatom outbreak that lasted about a week, followed by a small hair algae outbreak that lasted 2-3 weeks, nothing major and it all went away.