Salt Water Start Up, Darbex style!

[fishlady]

do we have pictures yet or what?

[myjohnson]

Question do you have to use RO water for the ATO? Can you not use water that has been run through a carbon filter?

If you had fish only or a lot of marco algae then maybe consider running tap but if you got corals then no, no, no.

It's already hard as is keeping the water clean. You are going to need all the help you can get. Use the RO water.

[madugo]

let me know if the ato is working good..
i might get one also..

[Darbex]

Yeah that is what I am going to do. I bought the SW from them and just picked up a tank of FW for my ATO reserve

[madugo]

Question do you have to use RO water for the ATO? Can you not use water that has been run through a carbon filter?

do not use tap water...its gonna cause allege boom easily...
which will possibility outrun your corals and kills them..
where u got your premake salt water from?
i get mine from city pets...their salt water is RO...and every week i go i also get some RO fresh water too to use for top off...

[Darbex]

Question do you have to use RO water for the ATO? Can you not use water that has been run through a carbon filter?

[Darbex]

Good enough it allows people to get info on a lot of different things I thought about in the startup without having to give the info in my journal. I will start that in a moment.

[myjohnson]

MJ rename this thread to something like Salt water start up and I will start a new thread on the journal of the tank.

Done. PM if you want a different title.

Like the addition?

[Darbex]

finally got something in this tank...its pg 14 already, geesh....

Hey I told you I wasnt going to start until 2010 that was the promise to the wife, you knew what you were getting yourself into on this thread from the beginning so blah.

[Darbex]

MJ rename this thread to something like Salt water start up and I will start a new thread on the journal of the tank.

[myjohnson]

Depends, if you got LR from someone's tanks like I told you to today....waiting period is really low.

Could be more than 4 weeks, that's just an estimate. Some times yes some times now.

Golden rule to keep corals is to be wait, wait, and so somemore waning.

[Darbex]

Well I wont need to check it for about a month right?

[myjohnson]

+1, post the bad pictures if you have to! You guys made me do it!

I think you should start a new thread for a tank journal.

[cichlid1409]

finally got something in this tank...its pg 14 already, geesh....

[myjohnson]

I got a test kit you can borrow to check if the cycle is over. Don't waste money on it.

PM what's a good time. I also don't mind more assassins!