Well a little update for everyone. Culligan came by today and installed the water softner and the RO/DI unit. (As a side note softened water sure makes you slimy after using soap now!). I am going to let it run for 24 hours (and a 2 cycles) before testing out the base water to see what the PH and other levels are. Assuming everything is good, I plan on changing out 50% of the water this weekend, and 50% again next weekend. That should then leave around 25% of the original tap water left.

My diatom bloom has finally run it's course. After coming home from work, today was the first day the brown crud didn't appear all over my rocks and sand. So tomorrow I will take the first pictures of the tank. I am also receiving my 144w light upgrade for the biocube from nanotuners on Saturday so i'm going to install that as well. I think a before upgrade/after upgrade photo comparison may be in order.

Assuming all is good (parameters) in 2 weeks I plan on adding my first coral (will make my tank almost 4 months old). I'm thinking Xenia or maybe a zoo, not sure yet.