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Yeah they can constantly move around in a new tank until they find the spot that they like... Don't let this concern you.. with the exception that they can put themselves in harms way with some pumps and overflows. This can go on from hours, to days to weeks. My last one took 2 weeks of running...

Yeah it's possible but I would doubt that it is a bad batch of salt, What I've encountered with bad/old salt is larger material that doesn't dissolve. looking like little white beads rather than a cloudiness that won't go away... It should clear up once everything is 100% dissolved. But again...

I also noticed that you said you thaw your frozen food in fresh water. So I'd ask if you are just thawing the food and throwing it right in or if you are actually rinsing the food. Not sure if this has anything to do with your current problem or not but I can tell you from experience to always...

No problem. good luck on the new tank

But if you're in no rush then it will just run it's course. You do have to continue to provide the bacteria with food through the process though. "ghost feed the tank" so to speak so that there is a continuous small supply of ammonia to be broken down.

Okay yeah, then you'll be good to go. for sure. no recycle to deal with or anything like that. Totally up to you but if you added a ton of cured rock to that tank all at once then it may just wipe out the ammonia and nitrite really fast and be ready for business.

Same with dry rock... if that's the route you're going to go then you want it in your tank now going through the cycle that you're currently undergoing.

Would you be using live rock from one of your existing tanks or buying some from a store? or ordering some online? If your live rock is aged and established and contains small stars, feather dusters, pods etc... then yeah I'd wait till you are done with the nitrite cycle. But the one thing...

Nope. I just did the same thing and it took forever. Sucks because the hobby requires patience which is something I've always lacked. But the filter is sure to speed up the process, there's no doubt.

Okay then. Well I wouldn't worry about it. you are just producing more ammonia then there is currently enough bacteria to combat it. Even with clean dry sand it may certainly contain organics that are going to break down in the water. So yeah it will just take a little time. Once the bacteria...

When you say dead sand. Do you mean clean dry sand or do you mean dead sand that was previously used from another tank?

Heck yeah on the Carpenters Fairy Wrasse. Awesome looking fish. I've had several wrasses over the years but never one of those. Always wanted one though.

Thanks, yeah I really like those crabs. And I'm sure it would be better if I added the pic as a thumbnail then it wouldn't do that. I saw that was an option but I always select full image so I'll keep that in mind. I noticed Silverado61 has little thumbnails that you can click and make full size...

Like this one was 2.6 MB. I took a screen shot of the picture and that screen shot was only 936 kb.

Yeah the only way I've been able to from mobile is by using the "upload a file" button right next to the "post reply" button. It says that the maximum file size is 1.3 MB but I've tried uploading a picture that size just to have it tell me that it's too big. So it would certainly be nice if they...

Yes what Bang guy said... Totally different one and not your big one populating the tank. Notice that the tube on the little one is a hard calcareous tube while the tube on the large one is soft. Several kinds of feather dusters can reproduce sexually and asexually in your aquarium though. The...

Hi Judye :) Do you have a magnet cleaner for your glass? You can clean the glass all the time, no need to save glass algae for your snails, they will eat it off of the rocks and sand. just be careful not to get any sand/rocks in between the magnet and the glass if your tank is acrylic, it will...

I know your thread wasn't about making water though! Glad your lion fish is eating :)

Well if you'd like to give it a go there's nothing to it. (Except make your life easier and cost you less money in the long run) The first thing you're going to want is an RO/DI unit to remove the heavy metals etc from your water. Then you just put in a 1/2 cup of salt per gallon of fresh water...

Kristin, Your tank is 100 gallons but you don't mix your own saltwater? What problems have you had with it making it? Matching the salinity? Also what are you using for freshwater to top off your system?