Hi,
I am about to start up a brand new tank and was just hoping to maybe get a few hints or tips to avoid any mistakes... hopefully :?
I have built myself a sm100 replica (hope thats ok SM??, I live in australia and the shipping was alittle expensive..) I did write sm on the side of it with a felt pen for copyright purposes thou..
Im running approx 450 litres which in your terms I think is around 120g.
I have a small tank already setup up with 30 pounds of live rock and a few lps, and two fish.
I am planning to lay the substrate, get the new tank filled with nsw, up to temp then put in the LR and sand from old tank. And then maybe a week or two later move the corals and fish.
will the ATS start algae growth just with the LR in the tank. and hopefully be able to handle the small bio- load of the fish a week or so later....
My plan is then to add around another 30 pounds of LR ( we get great quality stuff here on the east coast of aus) and then start adding more fish and corals.
I really want to get a few fish into this tank, is it best to just add them slowly and let the ATS find its limit.