Re: Starting a reef tank

Big Habeeb wrote:

I guess my plan for the moment has
changed to
1. add substrate
2. continue adding water till about 60% filled...add salt and allow to
stir...make sure salt content is good etc, and then add the live rock
3. Add/take out water as needed to accomodate live rock, and then
crank it up and keep my fingers crossed :)

Uh.... You haven't added any salt yet? In that case, I would join Wayne and Pzemol in recommending that you fill it all the way and check your equipment out. Then drain off 40%, mix in your salt and continue at step 2. Use a few 5 gallon buckets or a big, new, plastic trash can to collect the water you drained off. You'll need something for mixing up water for water changes anyway.

Personally, I would fill the tank, check the equipment out for a day or two, mix the salt in and let it stabilize and then drain off as needed while adding the rock. You might waste $5 worth of salt that way, but the mixing part would be easier. You could drain 4 gallons into a bucket, add rock until the tank is full again, toss the water in the bucket, and repeat until all the rock is in. Then top off the tank from the bucket.

George Patterson
If you torture the data long enough, eventually it will confess
to anything.
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