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are you starting your cycle with live rock

Vacuum it out

FYI shrimp are very sensitive to water parameter changes so take your time in acclamation

Time to reach for the chemicals I have used Chemiclean - Red Slime remover but you MUST shut off skimmer Remove chemical filtration (carbon) Increase your water movment if you can Mix dosage in separate bucket with some water -- then add to the tank. Do a 20% water change after 48hours

Quote: Originally Posted by OtherUnderbrink I think Florida Joe is ready to reach through his computer screen and slap :evil:somebody! Many a truth is said in jest my friend Quote: Take it out. No leave it in. I took it out. No leave it in. No take it out. I put it back. Now take it out. No...

Excellent post Greg Quote: Originally Posted by saxman As you say, Joe...there's really no need to stock the CUC right away. Certainly not to the levels you always hear about or what the sellers recommend (that one snail per gallon thing is just plain wrong in a young tank). Why spend money...

Why do you have this obsession with taking the shrimp out? How do you plain on continuing to feed the cycle as it grows before you put in any live stock

Fauna as we use the term refers to animal life living in our substratum not the anaerobic bacteria responsible for converting nitrates to gas

what live stock do you have in your tank

sit on your hands

Quote: it's true purpose of breaking down nitrates into gas to evaporate out of the tank. Flower dear heart this is just not true

You never want to remove the sand or CC unless you want to replace it with something else .you can look into an aquarium vacuum

Totally agree my friend I was referring to hobbyist that have just completed the establishment of the nitrogen cycle and feel they have to run out and get a cuc ASAP

IMO there are times when we must resort to using chemicals in our thanks and they should not be just dismissed as something new to be used. Now in this particular product if we remember that cyano is a bacteria and as such is treated with antibiotics in our tank I doubt that this is any...

There seems to be an obsession with getting a cleanup crew in a tank with a newly established cycle. Lets see if we can have a discussion on why and when we should add our cuc. My thoughts on the subject are as follows. The reasons IMO to introduce a cuc is to sift your sand to add in bio...

With all due respect you are making this a lot harder on yourself then it is just cut the jumbo shrimp in fourths put one forth in your tank throw the rest away and don’t do anything for two days don’t test don’t do anything related to your tank. Test after two days and post your results

First things first its ammonia nitrites and then nitrate we test for. Why do you have a CUC in your tank at this stage? Take the decaying shrimp out when you see an ammonia spike BUT then add a small fresh piece of shrimp to continue to feed the cycle.

This is what I would do so take it for what it’s worth. I would add a raw shrimp back into my tank start testing in a few days if you see an ammonia spike DO NOT take out the shrimp. Continue to test for nitrites and nitrates. What you need to establish is if your introduction of live rock had...

The xenia is one of the most frustrating corals to keep in my opinion. They do great look great pulsing for a while and then go downhill and die or continue to live but stop pulsing. While it is not absolutely understood why they pulse it is generally believe to be related to respiration and...

I doubt it keep checking for ammonia for another week, was the only way to establish a cycle the use of a shrimp or did you add live rock or filer material from an established tank