Hi all, new here so firstly Hello.
Ive been a salt water hobbiest for about 5 years now but the latter 2 -3 were just maintaining my 240L tank.
About 3 months ago i sold it all as i moved house and thought it would be for the best, turns out it wasnt! lol. I cant settle down without having a tank to look at.
So, not having so much space now and not wanting to be as big i got my self a Juwel Lido 120 as i like the tank size, got the T5's and the internal filter. And ive decided to use just that filter, mainly because ive learnt in these latter couple of years that massive external filters arnt neccerssary if you have good amounts of living rock and good maintenance discipline.
My brother is also a reef keeper, and has 2x 260L reef tanks. Been established about 6 years. So to set it up i have used about 40 - 50L of his water, remainder RO water, and i have also put in some sponge media from his filters into mine.
Im now just wondering where i stand with it? OR how long it might take to get it safe enough to start adding a few stock?
There isnt any living rock in as yet, but i was thinking of going to get maybe 5 or 6 kg this weekend.
The tank has been setup since saturday just gone with the filter on, and has just a water mover in to keep things moving around.
Thanks
Andy
Ive been a salt water hobbiest for about 5 years now but the latter 2 -3 were just maintaining my 240L tank.
About 3 months ago i sold it all as i moved house and thought it would be for the best, turns out it wasnt! lol. I cant settle down without having a tank to look at.
So, not having so much space now and not wanting to be as big i got my self a Juwel Lido 120 as i like the tank size, got the T5's and the internal filter. And ive decided to use just that filter, mainly because ive learnt in these latter couple of years that massive external filters arnt neccerssary if you have good amounts of living rock and good maintenance discipline.
My brother is also a reef keeper, and has 2x 260L reef tanks. Been established about 6 years. So to set it up i have used about 40 - 50L of his water, remainder RO water, and i have also put in some sponge media from his filters into mine.
Im now just wondering where i stand with it? OR how long it might take to get it safe enough to start adding a few stock?
There isnt any living rock in as yet, but i was thinking of going to get maybe 5 or 6 kg this weekend.
The tank has been setup since saturday just gone with the filter on, and has just a water mover in to keep things moving around.
Thanks
Andy
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