new tank question

[fishingredcat]

I have had water in my tank for 5 days. 76 gal, 30 gal sump, all levels good, 30 pounds live rock from another members tank with alot of creatures. Should I feed them with something while the tank cycles?
Mike

[prof]

We will need a little more info...

Sand bed or bare bottom? What creatures?

If you are just talking about 'pods' on the rocks then I would not worry about feeding the tank for a couple of weeks.

Welcome and good luck!

[fishingredcat]

sand bed with lots of coraline algae and fan like things. sorry for my ignorance with saltwater.
Mike
pics to follow

[fishingredcat]

I'm sorry for the bad pic.

[fishingredcat]

more pics

[sharkboy]

Just be patient and don't rush into anything...JMO

[erikharrison]

you need alot more live rock. You could buy some agrocrete rocks from Patrick. They need to be seeded by other rocks though. What's in your sump? Lighting for your sump? Macro algae? Live rock? Sandbed depth? Skimmer? Skimmer? Skimmer?

[Jeff]

looks like you have some nice shaped rock there. i wouldn't do anything to it until the cycle finishes and then add one or two small fish, when you do the tank will again do a minicycle but this is the rock and sand adjusting to the new bioload. if you want a lot of fish then you will need more live rock and/or good skimmer, but if you keep the bio load small and keep up with water changes you will do fine with no skimmer.