These days, people definitely prefer sand. Crushed coral works, but it is not as efficient as sand and tends to collect more debris. Sand looks better too.
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Do I have enough damsels to properly cycle this tank?
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Just enough I think. That should work. That is kinda an old school way of doing it, do a search on the net for 'reef cycle shrimp' and see what comes up.
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I have about 50 pounds of LR that should be delivered tommorrow. Should I add this to my tank since the tank is still cycling or use a trash can and let it cure first.
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Since it is a new tank, I would add it. The damsels should take it. Is this more base rock?
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I have read and been told that I should take the bio-balls out of my wet/dry if I want to do reef. Is this true?
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If you have 1 - 2 lbs/gallon of
quality live rock, you can do that. At that point you have enough rock to replace the balls as a biological filter.
Some say with a sand bed there is enough surface area to ditch the balls too. I would be a little nervous to do so if you feed your fish a lot.
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Should I wait to put the skimmer in until after the cycle is over?
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I didn't and I don't think you need to. But not to long ago I saw a thread where someone said that you should wait, but they didn't say why. Maybe someone can chime in here.
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I was wondering if this stuff is ok?
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Well I think it is a pretty good start for a FOWLR. The crushed coral might be something you wan't to change if you can afford to. Doing it now would be a lot easier than doing it later. I don't know what the flow rates are on a ca 4000, but you want it to be able to cycle the water 5 - 10 times an hour.
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BTW, nice site you got here.
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THanks!
Quite a few new members this week, that is a good sign. Next week I am starting to advertise (made a banner last night!) so there should be a lot more activity in weeks to come. Just in time to help me decide on options for my new tank! Heh. Should be cool. Thanks for joining!
Later!
Matt