Need help getting started

[AMulwani]

No problem, I get my tank next friday. Bought agrogate and grunge from GARF. I'lllet it cyle with just that four weeks. If agrogate does not look good, I'll buy the coraline live rock.

see what hapens.
my tank is at the store already but they can't deliver till next friday :(

[AMulwani]

I am learning patience already and I do not even have a tank yet!

[brewercm]

The only reason I would understand the ligts having that is if they may be set for other countries maybe. You will be hitting your cycle soon and once that has been completed then you should get a good cleanup crew in there. You can start using your lights now, actually probably best to do so to get your diatom bloom done and over with. May want to start them initially for aout 4 hours a day and bump it up weekly.

Read up on the cycle of a saltwater aquarium and what you can expect to see over the next few weeks. BTW, what kind of light do you have?

[blueboy]

i would turn on the lights, then wait till you start seeing an algae bloom to add cleanup crew. getting some sand from some established tanks as mentioned would be a great kick start.

[jaustiniv]

Cliff, do you have any suggestions on some good books? I will start using the lights today. I know that Rivercity is haveing a sale, 20% off snails and crabs this friday after 7pm. do you think that it would be too soon to add the clean up crew then?

[jaustiniv]

I forgot to mention, i have t5 lighting with 6 54w bulbs.

[brewercm]

I don't own any books myself so I don't know what to recommend. I'd look through the fourms and do searches for anything that you may have questions about.

[jaustiniv]

That is what i have been told to do, and have been doing. I like to read in the can and it is hard to do that with a laptop. No problem, I appreciate all of the help i can get.

[sharkboy]

I like one of the books by Robert Fenner "The Conscientious Marine Aquarist" as a start and something like "The reef aquarium volume 3 by Delbeek and Sprung....a little later