cornharris
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I started my new tank but i forgot to add the sand.But i have three damsels in the tank.If i add the sand will it make the tank recycle.Please Help Me :scared:
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cornharris
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Yes its in the third week
cornharris
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yeah sorry for that :notsure:
cornharris
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Thanks for the help
hot883
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How large is the tank? Easy just to empty everything out and start over. It's a young tank from what I gather so the cc should not have to much detrius in it. Save the water, take out the fish, live rock, throw away the cc, replace live rock, add live sand, slowly refill tank with water and plop fish back in. If you reuse the water and place a heater in it you will not need to acclimate the fish. Just my opinion and I did this on a 55 gallon with NO problems.
1journeyman
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3 week old tank + 3 damsels= an uncycled tank.
Start over... take the damsels back to the pet store, get ya some live sand and live rock, and be patient. Doing things the slow and steady way now will reap huge benefits later.
Start over... take the damsels back to the pet store, get ya some live sand and live rock, and be patient. Doing things the slow and steady way now will reap huge benefits later.
cornharris
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The tank is 60 gallons.
njjamie
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I have a 55 gallon tank which I started with live rock and live sand when I put in my crappy tap water and mixed in salt. I waited 4 days and put in about 25 lbs of live rock or so. I waited another weeks and put in 15 snails, 15 hermit crabs, a coral banded shrimp, 3 feather dusters, 2 dominoes, and 2 blue damsels. It has been like this for a week and I have had no deaths.....other than 2 snails dying which I dont think is that big of a deal??
Is this unheard of being such a new tank??
Is this unheard of being such a new tank??
1journeyman
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No, not entirely unheard of.
First off, adding a lot of cured rock can keep a tank from going through a hard cycle. Second, damsels are notorious for surviving injuries that could kill other fish. An uncycled tank produces ammonia that burns the gills of fish. Damsels can be injured and you won't know it.
First off, adding a lot of cured rock can keep a tank from going through a hard cycle. Second, damsels are notorious for surviving injuries that could kill other fish. An uncycled tank produces ammonia that burns the gills of fish. Damsels can be injured and you won't know it.