inawe
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I know I am comparing different tanks and their cycles, but is this normal? I restarted my tank 8 days ago with new almost everything. Fed it fishfood 3 or 4 days, then added a raw shrimp Sunday. Still nothing. All my tests are ok, no cloudiness,... nothing.
I've given tank info before, so I'll make it as short and to the point as possible...
37g Eclipse tank...3.5 months old. 1st started with small amt of LR, salt with water from tap, and cc. 3 days later added 3 clowns (I'm sorry
). Downhill from there, although lfs had millions of fixes for me to try. Found ya'll. Rehoused my fish 3 weeks ago but left tank running. last Wednesday I drained the tank, dumped the cc, changed the carbon filter, cleaned the tank with water, elbow grease and paper towels. Filled it back up with salt/RO water, put in about 12 lbs. base rock, 25 lbs. LR (straight from lfs to tank so I assume limited if any die-off), and sand (not live sand...just argonite from lfs). The only thing that is the same as before is the original pitiful 5 lbs. LR and the same biowheel.
I assume my tank will recycle? I've read several new posts in the last few days where their tanks started cycling in 1-3 days. I know most people want clear, good water, and I feel kind of dumb waiting impatiently for yucky water to appear
***) .
Do I need to just take out the shrimp? It's been in for 3 days. Is there anything else I need to do? Has anyone else's tank taken this long?
Thanks,
cc in tx
I've given tank info before, so I'll make it as short and to the point as possible...
37g Eclipse tank...3.5 months old. 1st started with small amt of LR, salt with water from tap, and cc. 3 days later added 3 clowns (I'm sorry
I assume my tank will recycle? I've read several new posts in the last few days where their tanks started cycling in 1-3 days. I know most people want clear, good water, and I feel kind of dumb waiting impatiently for yucky water to appear
Do I need to just take out the shrimp? It's been in for 3 days. Is there anything else I need to do? Has anyone else's tank taken this long?
Thanks,
cc in tx