cycle ? worms and stuff?

[zfd6]

my tank:
40 breeder
60 lbs of natures ocean bio-active live aragonite
5 lbs of live rock
2 penguin 400s ( will remove one and run skimmer at later date)
2 rio 600s
2 damsels
After of about a week and a half my ammonia was at .02 I haven't measured agin and it's been three weeks. the damsels are in good condition. With the last piece of live rock i bought i ask for a scoop of sand from the lfs tank and they obliged. I noticed a white worm that was kinda fat on one end and smaller on the other. He dissapeared into the sand when i put the rock/sand in the tank. I also noticed some tiny tiny wiggle worms i call them in the water. what are these critters? I'm guessing they are benificial. Also got a small snail on the rock! I hope that the worms and snails survive if my tank cycles any worse than it has!! what do you guys think?
Zfd6

 

[zfd6]

ok it didn't hurt! ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate maybe 10 using fasTesT kit. do you think the bio-sand is keeping the ammonia from spiking?
Zfd6

 

[itchy]

zfd6
couldnt help but notice your from Kentucky mind if I ask where in Kentucky? and the critters in the sand and rock will be fine in your tank. My ammonia never spiked much more than .02 and was testing 0 after about 2 weeks.

 

[zfd6]

I'm right down the road from you, in Winchester. We moved here a couple months ago. What lfs you frequent? The only one I have found thats decent is Best Pets off of Harrodsburg road.

 

[itchy]

the Lfs here are not great by any means. I order most of my fish online here at Saltwaterfish.com Just down the road from Best Pets is a place called MVP. They always have a wide selection of Saltwater but you have to be very careful with what you choose as I have caught Ich from this place on a couple of occasions. Now as far as the best quality of fish there is a place on
Richmond Rd. next to Kroger called Animal House. The owners there are great and I have come to know them personally. They are now expanding their saltwater and always have the best looking and healthy fish there is. Email me at robynlex@msn.com and I will give you some other good place I have found. There is also a thing called buddy system where some people in the area get together and order things off line and split the shipping cost, jsut a thought. I do not know anyone in our area but am aware this system is out there. Good luck