More than a decade since i have had salt water tanks.
I know it is not rocket science, and that, some exceptions considered, the basics are not very different from fresh water.
1) IF the only thing new is the water and the sand, WITH the sand having been seeded with an ample quantity of " live in tank, sand " and the tank filled with so called " mature live rock" far above the pound per gallon rule of thumb, and said live rock took no more than 30 minutes from collection to my tank, is the tank apt for fish ( a small one ) or will it cycle, regardless?
I am aware that the merits of live rock are not in the nitryfying bacteria they bring or in the forms of life they once had in the ocean and no longer have nor will ever have again.
2) when i had salt, salinity was 1024/1026. Now i see that a lot of people who keep only fish work with significantly lower salinities, in the range of 1017/1018.
What say you about all of this, in relation to FOWLR tank?
Thanks
I know it is not rocket science, and that, some exceptions considered, the basics are not very different from fresh water.
1) IF the only thing new is the water and the sand, WITH the sand having been seeded with an ample quantity of " live in tank, sand " and the tank filled with so called " mature live rock" far above the pound per gallon rule of thumb, and said live rock took no more than 30 minutes from collection to my tank, is the tank apt for fish ( a small one ) or will it cycle, regardless?
I am aware that the merits of live rock are not in the nitryfying bacteria they bring or in the forms of life they once had in the ocean and no longer have nor will ever have again.
2) when i had salt, salinity was 1024/1026. Now i see that a lot of people who keep only fish work with significantly lower salinities, in the range of 1017/1018.
What say you about all of this, in relation to FOWLR tank?
Thanks