We got the water system completely set up yesterday and running! I picked up 3 more 20lb bags of live sand at Aquarium World over lunch, which now gives the tank a nice bed depth! Live rock was delivered at 4 and was in the tank by 6:30. Billy and I did the best we could at aquascaping, but the water was so cloudy we couldn't see a thing. I fear some re-arrangment may be necessary. We got all but 3 pieces of the dry marcorocks into the tank. Total 15 lbs of live rock, probably 40 lbs of dry rock.
The picture above was taken this morning after the water had settled down and was much clearer. It had the clarity of skim milk at 7pm last night!
You can see in the front right corner of the tank our source of ammonia to start the nitrogen cycle in the tank- a whole shrimp from the grocery store. We'll let that rot and let the bacteria go crazy!
Tonight and this weekend I'll get the heater and thermometer installed and start cleaning up the wiring down in the stand. And then we wait and test NH3, NO2, and NO3. Hopefully we'll get a good and quick cycle.
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