Well... None of the tanks I saw were pre-drilled. I could get one custom made for about 600... I think that included the stand as well.
Instead I pick up a undrilled tank with tempered glass... and a pump filter that goes underneath it. The filter/pump is supposed to go up to 500L... not sure gallons, Koreans use litres over gallons. He said my tank is a 150L tank... which would make it a 40 gallon tank.
The tank should be the first picture I put in here... and the filer the second... It has a bunch of different layers in it. 2 layers of holey bead shaped things... black sponge, white sponge. a packet for ammonia. a packet of charcoal. and some bioballs..
he said to take the charcoal out after one month.... but I have seen here that you guys suggest having charcoal in the filter for control of ink etc. ?
Also... how he told me to set it up is a little different than what I am reading online... clean the sand 2 times, toss it in. toss in some water. I ran this for a while to get out the chlorine. Then toss in the salt (did that, the bag came with two packets, one big one small)... I did that last night. and stirred up the sand in case some got into it... Left it over night. Came back added some more this morning... He also gave me two bottles for stimulating bacteria. One is blue and says Aqua Clear vitamin B complex... the other is clear in a red bottle and says Aqua PMO 120 (and it stinks like rotten eggs and feet).
So that's where I am... he told me to leave it for a month.
I set up the lights to run 12 hrs on 12 off... that's probably too much light. what do you think?
Theres one blue light and one pink light... they both say FL 30 on them.
Now... do I have to wait a month for live rock?
what about adding a molie or other fish... I have read that adding in a molie or something similar helps start the process.
also... curring the rock... if it's bought from a store, wont it already be cured?... or does it get shocked from every move?
Any1 know about yanking rocks out of the sea?... I live about an hour from the ocean. not sure about choral life, there is supposed to be a reef around south korea somewhere, not sure where though. Is it just choral reef rocks?... or can an rock teaming with life do? (I know this is probably a really stupid question).
I don't have a heater yet... but... when I do get one.. what's the temp for curing? and octo life... I don't know the kind of octo I am getting (today's special), so I just need an average.
The third pic is what it looks like at the two back corners on the top of the tanks... Big hole... so I guess I need to plug those up?
there's also a feeding hole in the middle of the top front glass..
the last picture is what is around the top rim of the aquarium. Glass that goes all around the edges. except at the corners... do you think just plugging though up would do?... or would the octopus just climb around... I know if I have suction cup arms I probably could do it.
what's the best thing to plug up holes with... Not aiming on something permanent like silicone because I still want to be able to take off the glass lid later if need be.
one more.... my skimmer is a cheap looking easy to break when dropped kind (I know, I dropped it)... It goes in the tank and sucks to the rim... Right now I put a net over the bottom so that the ocotpus doesn't go inside it... but do you think that is really an issue?
Sorry for the length. Just want to get everything sorted.
thanks.