There are many ways to get a reef tank going these days. Curious to hear about your process once cycled. Let’s chat…
Personally, with my current build, once the tank was cycled I added some cleanup crew (love Cerith snails) for the diatoms, Chaeto macroalgae (preparing for my first fish shipment), live copepods and some coralline algae. I have a centerpiece custom rock that’s white as can be and I need it to catchup to the artificial color of the rest of my scape. lol. I also dosed nitrates while awaiting my first fish shipment to keep the Chaeto happy.
I also started dosing live phyto daily to feed the pods and outcompete nuisance algae.
Here’s a vid documenting my progress. Fish are also in now but I’m still editing that vid. I went with captive bred fish only.
Personally, with my current build, once the tank was cycled I added some cleanup crew (love Cerith snails) for the diatoms, Chaeto macroalgae (preparing for my first fish shipment), live copepods and some coralline algae. I have a centerpiece custom rock that’s white as can be and I need it to catchup to the artificial color of the rest of my scape. lol. I also dosed nitrates while awaiting my first fish shipment to keep the Chaeto happy.
I also started dosing live phyto daily to feed the pods and outcompete nuisance algae.
Here’s a vid documenting my progress. Fish are also in now but I’m still editing that vid. I went with captive bred fish only.
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