I've crossed the line to saltwater!

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spryandspringy

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Just yesterday, out of the blue (heh), there was a 5"+ Harlequin Tusk at the LFS. She's in quarantine as she just arrived. I completely dismantled the setup I was preparing and re-did it for salt. I'm picking her up this week. :woot:
 
Thanks! If any of you have any advice, either on this particular species or saltwater in general, please pass it my way. I've been into freshwater since I was seven years-old (and I'm no spring chicken) but this is my first saltwater setup.

My daughter (eight years old) was with me when we spotted the Tusk at the LFS. We both screamed and started jumping up and down without saying another word. I think the other customers there thought we were loco, but the woman working there seemed to understand. ;)
 
make sure your tank is cycled before you put her in or else you will have dead cool looking fish.
 
what size tank are you going to use? Is it going to be a FWLR(fish with live rock) or LSWF (live sand with fish) tank???
 
I set it up with live sand and one chunk of live rock yesterday, and I'm putting a dead shrimp in there tonight (shrimp cocktail for dinner.) :grinyes: I'll be testing every day until I feel confident that everything's settled. The live sand packaging seemed to allude to no cycling, with a statement to the effect of "just add fish". I take it I shouldn't take this statement at face value?
 
put at least 40lbs of LR in there and your tank will be cycled 7-12 day's. Then you will be good to go. I can see that your not to new to it if you know about using the shrimp
 
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