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Answer it answer2007-11-24 23:09:33

I'm not sure what pH the bio coat is meant to produce (this is usually to relieve stress by adding minerals and vitamins), so before you add any thing else, I would suggest that you get a saltwater testing kit to make sure the pH is 8.2-8.4, or the stars, organisms on the live rock, and fish could do very poorly. You should also test the ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate in the water. Some of the organisms on the live rock will die, and this isn't any fault of yours, it's just something that happens from shipping and being moved. As these die and decompose, the tank will cycle, meaning it will produce ammonia, then nitrite, both of which are toxic. You'll need to monitor both of these to see when the ammonia and nitrite both go down (they should be zero before you put ANY animals in the tank) and the nitrates start to go up. That's when you should add animals, about 1 per week in a small tank like yours.

See this link about the nitrogen cycle and using live rock:

http://www.fishlore.com/nitrogencycle.ht...

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test kits fr ammonia nitrate ph etc.