New to saltwater HELP pls

[PEANUTBUTTER]

So here's the story I had a 30 gallon lying around and I decided to try something new and turned it into saltwater using marine salt and live sand
Had it running for a few hoursand decided to get 2 clownfish and a fire goby and 1 emerald crab and now the 2 clownfish are dead and the goby and crab seem fine I guess the water spiked and killed them.

But the few hours they were alive I loved it so much so I decided to take the plunge and turn my 150 into a saltwater tank ive always been told bigger tanks are easier to take care of so I bought a bucket rated for 160 gallons of instant ocean reef crystal reef salt and unped the whole bucket into my 150 I'd assumassume my sump would be the extra 10 gallons. So how long should I wait to add fish also what kind of stock can I have in a reef tank with the fire goby and the clownfish and little crabcrabs also what kind of coral are easy to take care of and hardy because I'd like to do a reef tank. And can I use the same test kit from my freshwater tank or do I have to buy a saltwater test kit

 

[Cu455]

Do you have a hydrometer or refractometer? What setup do you have do you have? You should use the 30 as sump. If you don't want to waste the saltwater from the 30, use it to top the evaporated water from the tank. The only reason to do this is because your salinity is probably a little low, that is why a hydrometer is important. After this top off with freshwater.

I am pretty sure you can use the same test kit you just need to use the saltwater reader card. I would wait at least a few weeks. Did you start with any live rock?

More information about your tank and equipment will he useful.

 

[PEANUTBUTTER]

Also what salinity level and gravity do I want to have ?

 

[PEANUTBUTTER]

Yes I have a hydrometer and a sump that shoots out 2200 gph the sump is 3 amd a half feet long roughly and 16 inches wide

 

[PEANUTBUTTER]

And a 2 inch pvc overflow and a emperor hob just cause I had it lying around

 

[tlindsey]

Most marine fish sold need a salt level of 1.020, reading on the hydrometer. Personally I suggest you do more research on the care, and fish species on the Salwater Forum here. Saltwater can become a very expensive lesson learned if no research is done first...