kyle carpenter
New Member
Hey i posted about a week ago on this board and got alot of oppinions and i thank you all for that. but i have another question now. ive had my 20 gallon tank set up for 2 weeks now with base rock because i wanted to get the salt and water right. but i went to the pet shop today and got about 5 more puonds of live rock (one piece is beautiful it has like 10 feather dusters and its mostly purple) and i also bought 2 yellow tailed damsels to start cycling the aquarium. when i got home i put them in their after floating them and they imediantly went and hid behind the rock. now ive had a fresh water 20 gal. for 2 years and i know this is normal. my questions are i am very anxious to get this thing running and i want to put coral in there and i wanted to know how long do i have to wait before it cycles and how can i tell when it is done. and if there is any thing to speed up the process. also i made a mistake and bought cc instead of ls and i have about 3 inches of cc. can i just lay like 2 inches os ls on top of it or will it get all mixed in. i only want ls on top and i dont want it to get mixed also i have a undergravel filter in there and i wanted to know it it would help it from not mixing the ls and cc please if you know the answer to any of these questions respond asap PLEASE!!!!!! ... Thanx alot for all your help