Hi everyone,
I actually joined the site back in 2012 and asked a few questions as my family was looking into doing a saltwater tank. For various reason, that never came to fruition... until now! Last month I purchased Walter White's 60g cube setup. Not only is his old system very nice, Kris has been very helpful both before and after the purchase. He has made the initial steps into this hobby much easier for me.
I'm excited to finally get things up and running. Right now the tank and equipment is all setup (except a small issue with the RKE Net module) and I did a wet test this past weekend. I've got two 32g Brute trash cans with saltwater churning in them (I'll have to make more RO/DI and then saltwater once I empty one of these into the tank), 80lbs of live sand and 50lbs of BRS Reef Saver rock coming in this week.
The next step in the plan is to test the rock for phosphate leaching and if that checks out alright, to start aquascaping the tank and hopefully get the saltwater in this weekend. Then the cycling begins. I've got a couple of work and family trips coming up, so I'm not looking to add any livestock to the tank until very late July or early August.
The main purpose of the tank is for a clown/anemone tank, but I've really started to like the ricordea that I have seen in photos. So I'll probably end up with a couple of those in the tank as well.
Anyway, just wanted to check back in with the group since I just disappeared before.
I actually joined the site back in 2012 and asked a few questions as my family was looking into doing a saltwater tank. For various reason, that never came to fruition... until now! Last month I purchased Walter White's 60g cube setup. Not only is his old system very nice, Kris has been very helpful both before and after the purchase. He has made the initial steps into this hobby much easier for me.
I'm excited to finally get things up and running. Right now the tank and equipment is all setup (except a small issue with the RKE Net module) and I did a wet test this past weekend. I've got two 32g Brute trash cans with saltwater churning in them (I'll have to make more RO/DI and then saltwater once I empty one of these into the tank), 80lbs of live sand and 50lbs of BRS Reef Saver rock coming in this week.
The next step in the plan is to test the rock for phosphate leaching and if that checks out alright, to start aquascaping the tank and hopefully get the saltwater in this weekend. Then the cycling begins. I've got a couple of work and family trips coming up, so I'm not looking to add any livestock to the tank until very late July or early August.
The main purpose of the tank is for a clown/anemone tank, but I've really started to like the ricordea that I have seen in photos. So I'll probably end up with a couple of those in the tank as well.
Anyway, just wanted to check back in with the group since I just disappeared before.
