problem in acclimation (new tank)

dea_mt

dea_mt

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alright well i set up my tank the other day and i've had it cycling...put the live rock in yesterday...seems ok...but i went to put 2 peppermint scrimp in there today and i think one of them bit it...i read that they may be motionless for 30 seconds but 1 of them has been motionless for about 10 minutes...i tried movin him around...nothing...do u think he's dead? i don't understand the other one is fine he's already hiding in the rock trying to sway w/ the current and my snails seem to be fine as well as soon as i stuck them in there they went to work!!! do u think that one shrimp is just in shock or something? should i leave him in there and see what happens?
 
jacknjill

jacknjill

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were you gonna use the shrimp for the cycle? you need to use a dead cocktail shrimp to kick the cycle off. not a live pep. shrimp. nothing will live in there during the cycle except for maybe a damsel which i strongly do not recommend
 
bigarn

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You can't add any creatures until the cycle is complete! Anything in there now will most likely die. :D
Sorry...... WELCOME TO THE BOARDS!
 
sw65galma

sw65galma

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Originally posted by DEA_MT
alright well i set up my tank the other day and i've had it cycling...put the live rock in yesterday...seems ok...but i went to put 2 peppermint scrimp in there today and i think one of them bit it...i read that they may be motionless for 30 seconds but 1 of them has been motionless for about 10 minutes...i tried movin him around...nothing...do u think he's dead? i don't understand the other one is fine he's already hiding in the rock trying to sway w/ the current and my snails seem to be fine as well as soon as i stuck them in there they went to work!!! do u think that one shrimp is just in shock or something? should i leave him in there and see what happens?
Please do a search for CYCLE and acclimation.
You can't just put in water and rock and add fish.
This is not like Fresh Water..
It takes a Month of an empty tank to cycle before adding fish.
Unless you have a Huge tank. over 125Gals
 
sw65galma

sw65galma

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Originally posted by DEA_MT
well the other one seems ok thanks guys
For now...most likely he wont make it either.
Anyway make sure you do drip acclimation for 2 hrs from now on with Inverts..
And RULE #!
NEVER EVER listen to the Local fish store.
Always ask here first..
 
dea_mt

dea_mt

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ok thanks guys...i'm sorry i'm a newbie and oh yeah could someone point me to a cycling 101 thread...i couldn't find an informative one. and from now on i will ask u guys and it's a good thing u told me cause the lady at the pet store almost got me to buy a fish!
 
sw65galma

sw65galma

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Originally posted by DEA_MT
ok thanks guys...i'm sorry i'm a newbie and oh yeah could someone point me to a cycling 101 thread...i couldn't find an informative one. and from now on i will ask u guys and it's a good thing u told me cause the lady at the pet store almost got me to buy a fish!
Ya don't buy any fish for about a month..
Here is a good one, it's by one of the Mods..
https://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/show...hlight=cycling
And don't worry about being a n00b..This is after all the NEW HOBBYIST Forum..
 
dea_mt

dea_mt

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lol ok sry last question...i promise...could i just leave what i have in there and use that to cycle if it dies or would that be too much???
 
sw65galma

sw65galma

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Originally posted by DEA_MT
lol ok sry last question...i promise...could i just leave what i have in there and use that to cycle if it dies or would that be too much???
Ya i dead shrimp is a dead shrimp after all...
Just keep feeding your other shrimp that's alive...Hopefully he'll make it...
 
hocky98

hocky98

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I used TLC to help build bacteria and added 6 damsels after a couple of days. The damsels made the tank fun to have during cycling and they all lived just fine.
 
defntleymaybe79

defntleymaybe79

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My false perculas made it but they didn't seem to be having a lot of fun. It wasn't much fun for me because some of the critters i bought died (with the exception of the fish). Then i got stressed because i was afraid they would die too. When I first started out, I made the same mistake. I should have done my homework about starting a saltwater tank. So I wouldn't add anymore living creatures.
 
sw65galma

sw65galma

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Originally posted by DefntleyMaybe79
My false perculas made it but they didn't seem to be having a lot of fun. It wasn't much fun for me because some of the critters i bought died (with the exception of the fish). Then i got stressed because i was afraid they would die too. When I first started out, I made the same mistake. I should have done my homework about starting a saltwater tank. So I wouldn't add anymore living creatures.
You and me both..I have a ton of Damsels I don't know what to do with and they are huge...So I can't put them with anything, but I don't want to kill them either...
DAM the LFS@!
 
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