This may sound dumb...but here goes....

[mouse03245]

If you have only snails,a hermit crab, a cleaning shrimp, a scallop and a tiger cowery do you actually have a bio load? Im only asking this cuz of the long time it has been taking my new skimmer to kick in. Its been about 3 weeks since we put it in. We havent had any fish in the tank for about 3 months. We have been doing all our tests and doing our weekly water changes and just feeding the scallop the phytoplankton. Sorry if this sounds dumb but I spend alot of time trying to understand all the aspects of our tank. Thanx in advance!!!

 

[mimzy]

sure you've got a bioload....it's just not very big :happy:
how big is the tank?
how old is it?
and I'm sure someone will ask... what are your parameters?

 

[mouse03245]

The tank is 55 gal. We have had it for about 2 years. ph 8.3 , alk is normal (the test I have says normal high or low) ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate 10 ppm, calc. is 450 and sg is 1.025. Oh, temp is 80 degrees. Thanx for the help!