Just picked up this gorgeous piece of equipment that is SUPER well maintained. Hopefully, it's the last big addition for awhile.
It's twenty gallons, plus maybe a gallon for plumbing. I have about 15 gallons of saltwater already made up. It needs a little more salt (currently at 1.016) and at least five or six more gallons of fresh. I probably already know my own answer here, but should I wait until tomorrow to plumb it in and add water, or will adding that small amount of fresh saltwater to probably 110 gallons of existing make a difference. I'd sure hate to burn up any of these frags!
While I'm asking noob type questions: a few weeks ago I got some prime pieces of rock that had been taken from someone's tank and left in the air overnight. They weren't encrusted or full of life or anything. I left them in a bucket of saltwater for about three weeks and forgot about them. About two weeks ago I moved them to a little tank with some circulation and some old live sand that I'm sure was by then dead. I also threw in an almost dead coral. After doing all that and throwing in a small bottle of turbo start, ammonia is at zero and nitrite is at .25. Once nitrite drops and ammonia stays at zero, I'm good to put this rock in my display tank, right?
It's twenty gallons, plus maybe a gallon for plumbing. I have about 15 gallons of saltwater already made up. It needs a little more salt (currently at 1.016) and at least five or six more gallons of fresh. I probably already know my own answer here, but should I wait until tomorrow to plumb it in and add water, or will adding that small amount of fresh saltwater to probably 110 gallons of existing make a difference. I'd sure hate to burn up any of these frags!
While I'm asking noob type questions: a few weeks ago I got some prime pieces of rock that had been taken from someone's tank and left in the air overnight. They weren't encrusted or full of life or anything. I left them in a bucket of saltwater for about three weeks and forgot about them. About two weeks ago I moved them to a little tank with some circulation and some old live sand that I'm sure was by then dead. I also threw in an almost dead coral. After doing all that and throwing in a small bottle of turbo start, ammonia is at zero and nitrite is at .25. Once nitrite drops and ammonia stays at zero, I'm good to put this rock in my display tank, right?
