well seeing as tho i work at a pet store i was told really the only way to cycle ur water would be to add damsels. they say that damels tend to be extremely hardy… but u guys suggest putting in a shrimp and leaving it in there and letting it decay? how long would i leave the shrimp in there until my ammonia and nitrites and nitrates are good? or should i take ti ou when the ammonia alone is good? i still have soo much more to learn and i was told really the only way to cycle it is to use damsels
Put the shrimp - raw, peeled from the grocery store - in until the ammonia spikes, should take about a week. Remove the shrimp with a net - if you try to use anything else it will prbably disintegrate in your hand / tongs.
Don’t you already have LR from a DT though? Or are you starting this one from scratch? Too many threads and not enough memory, sorry.
i do not have live rock in there yet but i do have some in my 25 that i was going to put in there there is already live sand in it planning on getting it up and putting the shrimp in tonight
OK. Using Lice Sand and Lie Rock from another established system will greatly speed up and reduce the intensity of your cycle. I still wouldn’t add a fish, but you should only have to have the shrimp in there a few days at most. Depending on the amount of LS and LR you may only see spikes for a day so make sure you test everyday.
what did u want the shrooms attached too. rubble rock, disk,plugs, loose , attached to crushed coral? to many optins.
look at the bottom left. do u want some of these as well? ill try to get a better pic if ur interested.
what ever u feel like attaching it to… it doesnt matter to me and sure ill take one of the ones on the bottom left also!