New Tank Set Up

jim gales · Jun 27, 2012

Hi Guys, Just joined your forum and I live in the UK. I have had a 125 litre tank, which I bought as a mature set up with a few fish and a couple of shrimps, for about a year. Decided I would treat myself and have just bought an Aquaone 275 with a sump. Have the whole set up running with freshly mixed salt water, Miracle mud topped off with coral sand in the sump with broken live rock in the first chamber.Good handfull of Chaeto, which i just put in last night, and 10 mangrove seeds approx 10 inches to go in tonight and a protein skimmer (not turned on yet). About 10 kilos live rock in the main tank. HELP! now what do I do?

Steelerfan747 · Jun 27, 2012

Good morning Jim and welcome to r2r. At this time you have to let the tank cycle. Grab some test kits and when everything reads fine, alk,nitrates, nitrites, ammonia etc.... Which should probably be in a couple of weeks you could start adding fish. Be patient and have fun. God bless

BarbH · Jun 27, 2012

Hello Jim and welcome to r2r :welcome: Good advice given above. Do you know what you want to do with this tank, do a fowlr or do you want to do a reef setup?

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jim gales · Jun 27, 2012

Thanks guys, I am hoping to have a reef set up with not a lot of fish.

BarbH · Jun 27, 2012

What type of lighting do you have going for this setup?

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jim gales · Jun 27, 2012

New tank came with 4 x 24w t5 I believe.

revsgirl · Jun 27, 2012

Hi there, Jim! Welcome to R2R!! Glad to have you on board! I'm sure you will find all the help you need right here!! Happy reefing!

wysiwyg · Jun 27, 2012

welcome to r2r jim as stated above let it cycle for a couple weeks keep checking you water parameters. would love to see some pics

ritter6788 · Jun 27, 2012

Welcome! Good luck with your new set up. Remember to take it slow, read and ask lots of questions.

EcoFrags · Jun 27, 2012

Hey Jim welcome to R2R. Good advice so far and those T5's are pretty solid lights dont run them too much off the start i've found it helps grow a bit of coraline algae if you keep the lights on for shorter periods of time in the beginning is my only advice. Other than that good luck and hope to see some pics soon =)