It took us a few weeks to get onto this stage. We had tried to order all these wee bits online but in the end Stu cancelled the order.
We got some Red Sea Coral salt for RO water and some natural reef aggregate down at the LFS. Sanded the tank, put the heater on and then after the cloudy water had cleared we added the salt. We got a refractometer which is amazingly accurate. Salt is now 1.025 with the temperature at 26°C.
The tank looks much better now, with the reef base in. I had a good look at it and its made up of wee porous balls of coral and rock and some shells. It looks good and is not sharp which will be good for the sand sifting fish we plan to add later. I would like to add some live sand to it too but the LFS only had a huge bag in stock. Maybe I can add some when I'm filling the main tank with sand...?
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