set up my 65g tank last night

[sgarron]

Got everything up and running last night, here's how it looks this morning.

 

[sgarron]

Did a water test this morning
Total Hardness 300
Alk 180
ph 7.5
nitrite 10
nitrate 200
amonia 6
salinity 1.026

 

[kabal2]

sgarron the tank is looking nice, what kind of corals are you thinking to keep??

 

[mladencovic]

Very strange numbers for a tank that is running for only one day - pH way low and nitrogen over the roof. You either have a extremely bad water, uncured rock or really dead "live" sand. Lots of patience needed before before you should put anything in.
:-\

 

[sgarron]

water is ro/di from a new air water ice system. TDS was 112 from tap, 0.000 from ro/di filter. rock is uncured, sand was really moist, should'nt be too dead.

 

[mladencovic]

I guess that, now that you have built your rockwork from uncured rock, you will just have to wait a bit longer for all the crap to clear out before you can start putting things in (patience is not one of my virtues ).

 

[twan]

Looking good, take it slow ;D

 

[sgarron]

07/19/07 test:

sg 1.025
ammonia 0.0
nitrite 0.0
nitrate <10
ph 8.0
alk 2.5
temp 79.2
cal 440

The only thing I've added is Kent buffer for the ph and alk. Seems to have come a long way in a very short time?

 

[kabal2]

any updates??