New to saltwater

ShadowNoob · 06/29/2014, 11:22 PM

Ok so I finally got around to doing a saltwater aquarium. I got lucky and got my hands on a 180g aquarium fully plumbed with overflows and sump. Real cheap, $150

I also got my hands on a few powerheads, heaters and a ASM g3 protein skimmer. I aquired 2 250w Metal Halides and some vho for actinic. I had a diablo dc return pump hanging around from a experiment, so I used that for a return pump. I then got lucky again and found someone tearing down their system and got 3 5g buckets of sand and 5 5g buckets of live rock. So I started cycling the tank.

After cycling was complete I added my first fish and a few cleanup crew. 2 tomatoe clown fish, 2 damsels, 10 hermit crabs 5 astrea snails and 2 turbo snails.

I also put some macro algae in the sump. So how long should I wait untill I start adding corals and more fish?

06/29/2014, 11:22 PM	#1
ShadowNoob Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 5	New to saltwater Ok so I finally got around to doing a saltwater aquarium. I got lucky and got my hands on a 180g aquarium fully plumbed with overflows and sump. Real cheap, $150 I also got my hands on a few powerheads, heaters and a ASM g3 protein skimmer. I aquired 2 250w Metal Halides and some vho for actinic. I had a diablo dc return pump hanging around from a experiment, so I used that for a return pump. I then got lucky again and found someone tearing down their system and got 3 5g buckets of sand and 5 5g buckets of live rock. So I started cycling the tank. After cycling was complete I added my first fish and a few cleanup crew. 2 tomatoe clown fish, 2 damsels, 10 hermit crabs 5 astrea snails and 2 turbo snails. I also put some macro algae in the sump. So how long should I wait untill I start adding corals and more fish?