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HELP HELP HELP!!!!! CYCLING????

post #1 of 11
1/1/12 at 12:29pm
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I have a 30 gallon biocube with 20 ibs of live rock and have live sand. I put the bio-spira stuff in and the next day I bought a saltwater test kit. Everything was PERFECT! so the guy at the petstore(not petco petsmart or walmart) told me I could start putting fish in. I now have 2 Ocellaris Clownfish and there doing great but has everything already cycled? Because I want to start adding more fish! thx

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post #2 of 11
1/1/12 at 12:35pm

With mine I let it cycle on its own I didn't use anything to speed it up. You will have to watch everything b/c it is not necessarily cycled the levels just went down, so watch it.

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post #3 of 11
1/1/12 at 12:37pm

Keep testing for ammonia and nitrites and have a product like Prime on hand also water for an emergency water change if necessary

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post #4 of 11
1/1/12 at 12:45pm
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ok thx

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post #5 of 11
1/1/12 at 12:57pm

Agree with Joe.

Honestly, I'd wait at least two weeks of having the tank stable before adding any more fish. Do you have any cleaners (snails, shrimp, hermits)? 

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post #6 of 11
1/1/12 at 6:49pm
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no... what do you recommend?

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post #7 of 11
1/2/12 at 4:26am

Skunk Cleaner or Fire Shrimp

5 Nassarius snails

5 Trochus snails

5 Astrea or Nerite snails

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post #8 of 11
1/2/12 at 6:44am

I would go with the skunk over the fire. While the fire is IMO more beautiful they tend to be more expensive and way more reclusive

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post #9 of 11
1/2/12 at 7:42am
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Originally Posted by florida joe View Post

I would go with the skunk over the fire. While the fire is IMO more beautiful they tend to be more expensive and way more reclusive

I agree...my fire shrimp I havent seen in two years...while rearranging my rocks a month ago..there he was alive and well, but again he disappeared into the rocks never to be seen. My cleraner shrimp are always out and about, they like to get on my hand if I put it in the tank for something....they have lots of personality. I always try and keep two cleaners.

 

 

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post #10 of 11
1/2/12 at 7:47am
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ok :) I will go and buy the cleaner shrimp today! SO EXITED!

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post #11 of 11
1/2/12 at 8:33am

Make sure you acclimate for a least two hours shrimp are very sensitive to water parameter changes

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