Today is day three with water in the tank. Day two looked much the same as day one. This morning Amanda turned off the filter to allow faster settling, then did a small water change and used that opportunity to clean out the mechanical filter and siphon out some of the cloudy water. The water change was needed as 100% of the water came from a tank that was due for a change anyway. Below is a picture of the tank during the water change, next to the shot from day 1. As you can see, it's cleared up quite a bit.
Yesterday Amanda bought some API test strips, water conditioner, and her own small siphon, spending a total of $40.95. She's already at just under $100 and has only a small percentage of everything she is going to need to turn this into a complete reef environment. We'll continue to include every cost along the way as an example to any aspiring aquarist of what to realistically expect to spend.
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