FTS.
Big boy.
Added 2 tiny little hermit crabs which I found in a rock pool out at Little Bay today.
Top down shot. Hammer coral is hating life, but hanging in there!
I’m finally seeing some algae! I’ve been doing water tests and I’m still getting readings of ammonia and nitrite, but the ammonia is going down, and nitrite is spiking right now. The cycle is almost done! The tank is definitely going through the ugly phase right now but my clean up crew (CUC) are loving it, the turbo snails especially who are at least trying to do a pretty good job of keeping the back glass clean.
That looks fun. How long typically does cycling a tank take? I imagine salt water is way more technical than fresh?
Definitely lots of fun! It all depends really as there are so many ways of cycling a tank, and of-course tanks come in so many different sizes. Some cycling in a bottle type products suggest you can cycle in a week with their goods. Some people throw fish in right away and cycle with fish, some cycle with live rock. On average though it’s a month or 2.