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that's exactly how i moved from 29g to 50g... all went well even have a sand-sifting star that survived transition. the sand will have a small cycle, since you will be greatly disrupting bacterial populations...

the color pattern isnt important to them. my 3-stripe HAD a domino buddy (my first two fish AFTER tank cycled)... lets just say stripes and dots together are a no-no in fish as well as fashion.

jebo = house fire i just read on here recently that california is trying to ban the sale of jebo lights in the state for that very reason. i have a hood from "current USA" that is really good...

my 3-stripe is very nice to my other fish.... they're all three times bigger than he is!

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thats probably not a good sign...

most kits arent designed to handle really high ammonia levels, as this is normally not a problem in cycled tanks, so going off the chart on a kit test is not always a disaster. i misunderstood your first post that you had a "bunch of dead coral and shells". just three shrimp should be just...

for a tank that size, you should have just a small handful of shrimp, not a "bunch" of dead stuff. your bacteria will probably not survive if your ammonia is out of control, as this is a very toxic molecule to most organisms...

the rock (if its good, light, porous rock) will have more surface area than bioballs, but it is not designed to allow for water flow. water flow will probably decrease due to compaction of the rocks, whereas bioballs are designed to prevent compaction and to allow ample flow-through. in the end...

nitrogen gas from anaerobic bacteria breaking down nitrates... very good thing

sure, but i'd use the little popcorn shrimp size... they're cheaper!

the very precise and scientific answer is.... possibly bacteria will break down whatever organic matter is left in the dry sand and rock (if it was previously live...?), releasing wastes into the water. on the other hand, if the rock and sand were not live before (i.e. sand from home depot...

55w is 24", 96w is 36" in the square pin arrangement... dunno about straight pin. but yes, there are 96w straight pin bulbs on-line, of unknown length

here are a couple of previous posts about cycles that might be helpful again... the nitrogen cycle in a nutshell: 1) ammonia added: throw in some shrimp, some flake food, some uncured rock... 2) nitrosomonas grow: these bacteria oxidize ammonia and turn it into nitrite. 3) ammonia converted to...

i used high-gloss black latex...

was this in a separate bucket, in the tank, with the sand and rock or without, how long did you leave the fw before adding the salt, was it tapwater or processed, was it dechlorinated... all of these things will determine how much harm was actually done. btw, you'll be hard-pressed to fit 4 or...

those PC's should be good enough for most things in a 29g... :notsure: however, there are plenty of MH kits out there that you can mount inside a hood, or you can buy a fixture with the MH and supplemental actinics already put together. im not sure of the availablity of fixtures in the 30"...

a DSB crash would probably be due to a sudden release of hydrogen sulfide (molecule responsible for "rotten egg" and "stink bomb" smell) from the anaerobic portion of the sand bed. this compound is constantly released in small amounts and broken down or diluted, but if the substrate is not...