new tanks

[kody1192]

well my brother moved and gave me his 55gallon salt tank with a bunch of live rock and his 29gallon(was a QT) with some live rock...i had a little bit of the old water and filled it up and added some salt last night...

theres no fish in eathier of the tanks...

my question is what else do i need todo i dont plan on buying fish for a while... i havent read up on salt tanks for a while...but i know i need to get a hydrometer what does it need to read?

any other advice is welcom thanks

 

[sprayin70]

Do waste your money on a hydrometer. Buy a Refractometer. I know 50.00 sounds like alot but it will be one of the most improtant things you will buy. I bought the most expensive hydro and I balanced it with a Refract that I bought and it was .003 off. That is alot because I keep my salinity at .025. So that means it was .028. Here is a link where I bought mine.


http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=9957&rel=1

 

[kody1192]

so what should i keep it at?? i plan on keeping like a pair of clowns and a few other fish...nothing crazy...i also have live rock and want to get some anemomies(sp) and porbally some other stuff like that

 

[sprayin70]

Well until you put inverts in it you can have it at 1.018 with fish only. If you add inverts then 1.023 and corals 1.024-.025

REMEMBER NOTHING GOOD HAPPENS FAST IN A SALT TANK. Take your time do things right.

 

[kody1192]

right now there are 2 little cleaner crabs in it...they survived the move...