fishymaster776
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um i'm cycling with a piece of shrimp which is new to me, but um is it supposed to stink very badly when u smell the water, and the live sand around it turn blackish?
Cycle problem.
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meleerock
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Usually if it smells and looks that bad there is a lot of die off and high ammonia levels. Do you have test kits? If so test your ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate levels. If not, try to call up a few local fish stores. Most of them will test your water for cheap or free if you bring in a sample. Make sure they know its saltwater if they also carry fresh water fish. Regardless, make sure to post the levels up here. It will help out a lot. Usually any level of ammonia higher than 1 ppm can kill a lot of the bacteria in your rock and sand. This could be the reason for the smell. Just my oppinions.
fishymaster776
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the ammonia lvl is .25, the nitrates and nitrites are both 0 , the PH is 8.2, salinity 1.024, and the tank has had the shrimp for a bout a week and a half then i took it out, i've been cycling for 3 weeks now and still ammonia is lowish, and nitrate and nitrite is 0 is something wrong?