Lchi87
I decided to FINALLY take the plunge and join the salty side of fish keeping! I’m super intimidated but I’m going to try my best and hopefully this doesn’t turn into a big costly mistake, haha!
I went the LFS this afternoon and came home with:
-10lbs of live rock
-Hydor koralia powerhead
-caribsea baminI pink sand
-a refractometer
-nite out
-seachem matrix
-10 gallons of sw
-5 gallons of RO
I decided to keep the AC30 running, but just switched out the stock biomedia for the Matrix. In terms of lighting, a Nicrew will do for now since this will start out as a FOWLR but the ultimate goal; a nano reef !
Here it is; cloudy but cycling.. I think?!

A few questions to start out with:
Test kit recommendations? Somehow I don’t think the standard API Saltwater kit is going to be good enough...
And am I dosing ammonia like I would FW?
grantm91 I’m really going to need your help, haha !
I went the LFS this afternoon and came home with:
-10lbs of live rock
-Hydor koralia powerhead
-caribsea baminI pink sand
-a refractometer
-nite out
-seachem matrix
-10 gallons of sw
-5 gallons of RO
I decided to keep the AC30 running, but just switched out the stock biomedia for the Matrix. In terms of lighting, a Nicrew will do for now since this will start out as a FOWLR but the ultimate goal; a nano reef !
Here it is; cloudy but cycling.. I think?!

A few questions to start out with:
Test kit recommendations? Somehow I don’t think the standard API Saltwater kit is going to be good enough...
And am I dosing ammonia like I would FW?
grantm91 I’m really going to need your help, haha !