Hi All
Thanks for the nice welcome and advice, I will send pic as soon as the cam batteries are charged. Yes crispin i test the SG once a day and it measures to 1.023 I measure it with a hydrometer not the floating tipe this one looks like a triangle that you scoop water into.i have got a OR unit.No i dont have a test kit yet, but i take sample water every saterday to the local pet shop for testing they test at this stage only PH and nitrite,the PH is 8.2 and nitrite 0 reading.
i buy salt water at the pet shop. is that for water cvhanges, or did you get the full +-800l from them to start as well.
do you top up with RO?
My sump has got 5 compartments, the first compartment host the
Reeftek protein skimmer (nice skimmer from what i hear) second compartment is filled halfway with silica sand and crused coral,third and forth compartments are filled with filter floss and
soft rock (whats soft rock?)and last compartment host the return pump a AP4660 145w 4800l/h.
In the tank base i got
crused coral ( how thick a layer? and more importantly how big are the particles?) and
4.5kg live rock (going to need lots more but good to start),2x Seio 1100GPH/4400L/h flow pumps and 1x Resun 15000 wave maker produces 3 different waves.
(nice pumps, might like to add one or two more depending on what you keeping, but good start)Lights is 2x T5 and 2x Metal halide lamps
(any idea on MH watts? How far from water surface are they?), The metal halide lamps woks from 11H00 to 15H00 and the T5 from 7H00 to 21H00.
O and my mistake the fish its a Fox Face.