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Well I currently have in the tank 9 Cerith snails, 4 Margarita snails, a peppermint shrimp, and a cleaner shrimp...They all seem to be doing fine after 5 days in the tank...I'll test the water today, and do a 25-30% water change...and post the results asap

Day 26 results: pH - 8.2-8.3ish Ammonia - 0ppm Nitrite - 0ppm Nitrate - 15ppm S.G. - 1.025 Sal. - 40 Temp. - 81 F I think I might go buy some cleaners today, maybe a few snails, 1 or two hermits, and possibly a shrimp, what do you all think, and how do I go about acclimating them?

Aight, well I'll do a change tomarrow afternoon, and then test the water again, and post the results up here ASAP.

Day 20 Test Results pH - 8.2-8.3ish Ammonia - 0 ppm Nitrite - 5.0+ ppm Nitrate - 160+ ppm Specific Gravity - 1.024-1.025ish Salinity - 34-35ish Temperature - 81 F Is this normal for the nitrites and nitrates to be this high at this stage in the cycle?

Day 8 Test Results pH - 8.2 Ammonia - 3.0 ppm Nitrite - +5.0 ppm Nitrate - +160 ppm Specific Gravity - 1.032 Salinity - 42 Temperature - 80.2 degrees F The reason the specific gravity is so high as well as the salinity, is because I haven't done a freshwater top-off yet, that'll...

Any other suggestions are welcome and greatly appreciated.

Aight, thanks alot, that helps...

Ok, I have a maxi jet 900, it returns about 230 gph, I think with the Y I lose alot of flow, I'm thinking about upgrading to a 1200, at 295 gph. I dunno, I'll just see how it is, but I think I'll leave the light on, people have told me on, because you want the algae bloom to start sooner than...

Here is the output pump, and Y-connector valves.

Here's the Nano Cube I've been waiting on, I finally put the live sand, live rock, and water in there...Tell me what you think of the aqauscape and how it looks. I'm wondering whether I should keep the light on (a normal day/night schedule) or should I just leave it off during the cycling...

Aight, I'll go turn it on then.

My filter is hooked up through my pump, my pump returns the water that flows into the water box, should I turn it off so the filter will stay off.

Do I leave pump on or off when letting sand settle???

So maxijet is the way to go, no minijet or rio? And should I replace the pump or just add a power head?

They usually lay their eggs towards the base of the anenome...my uncle breeds clownfish, rare, but he does, he's told me they often lay the eggs at the base of the anenome they host in.

Aight thank you...I'll keep everyone posted once I get my tank up and running...Any thing else would be appreciated.

Any suggestions on a pistol shrimp and a high finned goby...heard they are great nano reef inhabitants...

Thanks alot Ed for the pic, yeah and the pic of the back compartments would be great. Thank you so much all...I'll have pics up here asap, and keep you all posted. Thanks again.

1 - LR w/ sponge that came with tank 2 - LR 3 - Heater and possibly stronger pump (maybe chemi-pure)

Do you got a pic of your Nano Ed?