March 08, 2023 Water and Fritz added.
1 pinch of finely ground fish food added.
March 18, 2023 fish will be introduced from another tank in the house, same salinity and temp. Will not test. No lights, I refuse to even mount them so I won't have the urge to turn them on before a good amount of time passes, I know already that it's going to be challenging starting with dry rock and dry sand.
Will add to post with the results, which will I'm sure be pictures of fish that are happily moving to a home that's 100 gallons bigger.
Just an update...
Put together my mesh lid this morning after realizing I was a day behind schedule.
Took two clownfish from another tank in my living room, same 77 temp, same 35ppt salinity.
Placed fish into the tank.
Fish are swimming around doing clown things. No heavy breathing. No erratic behavior.
11 days have passed since adding Fritz and a ground pinch of fish flakes.
No testing, no deaths. Will continue to update.