First SW Tank

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The tank is only 2 1/2 weeks old. The amonia dropped to 0 about 4 days ago. Last night the nitrite was down to 0.1ppm. Nitrate has always been 0.

I knew going this route that it was going to take time to seed. I was planning on 4-6 months to seed everything. However, things seem to be moving a lot faster than I had thought. The cycle is nearing an end already and I have coraline patches on my powerhead already.

There is a snail living in the live rock but its not doing much in the way of cleaning. So if its not too soon I will add a small crew once the cycle is done.

The base rock is very porous, it looks like old reef rock. I believe its tufa. I am a little unsure though on when I can add fish. Is the base rock an adequate filter because of the bacteria it gained from the cycle or is it an adequate filter after 6 months of critters, and algea, etc.?