So brand new to this" 30G.. update New pics and corals

That's why I came here. I think these forums are good in eliminating trail and error and in process don't hurt as many fish. So works out for us both.

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Generally speaking to assist well with biologicial filtration you should lean (opinions in general) between 1-2lbs of rock per gallon. Some rocks are more pourous and favored about others. More pourous also mean more $$$. The pukani from BRS is well favored but its a premium rock at a premium price. Pukani was out of my budget & I went with thier eco rocks and love em. marco rocks is another favorite if your shopping online. My 75 I have around 100lbs in the tank plus another 10-15lbs of rubble in my fuge, but I am a big fan of fuge's, biological & natural (turf scrubbers) filtration. I started out with 60 lbs of dry base rock & 45 lbs of live rock.

I have plenty of hermits & snails. Yes some of my fish (my hawkfish in particular) seems to enjoy snacking on 1 or 2 a week, but check out reefcleaners.org (one of the sponsors here), he keeps we well stocked & with in my budget on a clean up crew. I have also yet to receive a shipment without extas so he is my dedicated seller.

 

Should I have pump running I do now and I'm at work will it still be cloudy when I come.home?

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Yes keep running the pumps, sometimes it can take a couple days for the water to clear. Having some type of mechanical filtration in the hang on the back filter like sponge or floss will help remove some of the suspended particles.

 

Okay thanks was thinking maybe no pump so sand could settle but that's fine and the filter iis a Bio wheel 200 I put two filters in the back and when I looked at it about thirty minutes layer had a good amount of stuff so thanks hope when I come home it looks better

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Hi dskyers -
welcome to 3 reef...looks like u are doing the rite thing by asking questions and taking the advice of the peeps here (they know alot)... like they all said before just go slow and be patient. I wasnt when i first started out a fews years back and literaly paid the price, my tank was running "dead" for awhile b/c i lost everything and wasted a lot of money. Took me awhile to get things running again... so good luck and your patients will pay off in the end! cant wait to see it a couple of months from now.

 

Thanks I can't wait either hopefully its will be beautiful

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Just picked up about 15 pounds of.live Haitian rock that has been cured to help with cycle and some extra salt to get it to the right level can't wait to get home!

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Day two water alot clear now very happy.about that

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Ok cool? So how many pounds of rock do you have, just the 15lbs? The more live rock you have (within reason) in the tank the larger the biological filter and that leads to a more stable tank.

Also I would bring the water level up some.

Have you added anything to the tank yet in the way of raw table shrimp?

Looking good.