new to sw

[oakley1984]

so its been quite some time since i posted on this site as ive been very involved in other projects as of late, but the time as finally come as of today i have setup my first sw tank. and wouldnt you know it.. i know Nothing haha

so far my setup consists of

33g tank
~50lbs live sand
~75lbs live rock
crappy little tetra filter for circulation


plan is for a fowlr to begin with... nothing has been added to tank as of yet pictures to follow.

What else do I need to know?

[effox]

My only suggestion after the fact is that for my 29g I have two powerheads, I'd probably invest in those instead for circulation, like a koralia or maxijet on either side if not both. I think you went overkill with the rock and sand, but it won't hurt I'd expect.

Cheers,
Chris

[oakley1984]

i had it from a 90g tear down, i still have another 100lbs of liverock in a bin with a couple power heads going

everything is dead as could be and needs to be completely reseeded.... i have a long road ahead of me

but thnx ill add a powerhead to shopping list, was going to go pick up some crabs to start getting things colonized

[effox]

I didn't have any luck until I used Stabilize\Cycle to get it established.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

I wouldn't put more than half that rock into your 33g. There would be almost no room for water in there, let alone fish.

[effox]

I figured best case scenario it wouldn't be utilized, but couldn't picture that amount in there.

Cheers,
Chris

[oakley1984]

i love how yah take it so literal, it was an approximate guess. its not like i weighed the live rock before i put it in the tank
also, its not like the rock is glued in there, if it doesnt work out, ill take some out, i had All of this stuff just Sitting here, id rather try and fail than never try at all.

[effox]

Although that's nice placement of rocks, I'd take a 1/3rd out.

Best case scenario like I said the beneficial bacteria won't utilize colonization in it.

[gklaw]

The 33g system now only contain 20g of water

It is not bad if you wan to keep mostly coral with a few small fish. Personally, I would take out 1/2 of the rock as I tend to like a few more larger fish myself.

[oakley1984]

my goal is eventually full coral, this is just an expeiriment and to get things colonizing, i have a 55g with a sump sitting around waiting for a purpose....