First tank, built the stand. Need to finish the plumbing and hopefully ready for water this weekend.
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Tank and set up looks pretty nice. Whats your plan for livestock ?
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looks like you’re off to a good start… nice work on the stand :
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Thanks a bunch. Still need to build the doors for the stand, but that shouldn’t be too bad. As far as livestock goes, since this is my first tank I am going to start off slow and easy going and progress into corals. Nothing too tricky for the time being. I have to prove to myself that I can keep this going first. Can’t wait to get it going though.
Nothing wrong with moving slow, you will have a much better outcome if you don’t rush the process. ::
Glad you’re taking rule #1 to heart . . . PATIENCE! :Welcome) to the club, looks like you’re off to a great start. It’s an extensive hobby to get into, and it gives you something to “tinker” with every day. Looking forward to the progression PBJ!
Got it filled with water, waiting for it to clear up then adding my clowns.
remember you need to cycle the tank before adding any fish or really any livestock. The normal cycle can take from two weeks to a month.
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remember you need to cycle the tank before adding any fish or really any livestock. The normal cycle can take from two weeks to a month.[/quote]
or longer. pls post your water parameters
all the rock i got is already cured and all live sand.
nitrates are at 0
nitrites 0
alkalinity 8.75
ph. 8.2
you will want to test ammonia and nitrite when the ammonia goes up that is the start, then you will get a nitrite spike then when the all the nitrites turn to nitrates and start dropping your cycle is done, cured LR and what is called live sand is not an instant cycle, it will help but it will still take time and something to kick start the ammonia.
i understand that completely, but from what I have read the whole to cycle a tank with or without fish thing is all up in the air an open to opinion, and from who I have spoken with I am going to try and cycle with fish. We shall see if it works, I am hoping it does.
Poor fish … Just because we can’t hear them cry does not mean they are not hurting. Ammonia the first part of the cycle is known to burn gills and cause blindness in fish, fact not open opinion.
Nitrite poisoning causes the fish to not be able to process oxygen.
Sorry if I sound rude, but I consider cycling with fish animal cruelty.
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+1
I cycled with live sand, live rock, and a cold dead scrimpy from the supermarket. Took me the better part of a month on my 29gal DT (~38-40gal total w/ sump).
Cycling with fish works due to the detrius/waste the fish produce; it contains ammonia/breaks down into ammonia and it feeds the bacteria necessary to breaking down ammonia - turning it into nitrites.
This can be accomplished by introducing dead material into your water column as well, like in the form of a reagular shrimp from the supermarket.
Though you CAN cycle both ways, you may end up with damaged fish at the end of your cycle. There are many ways to skin a cat, but it usually works out best if the cat isn’t alive while attempting to do so . . . lol
My tank is more than display to me . . . the animals I raise depend on me to survive and thrive. I love it when they’re happy, and get worried if something in the tank is making them uncomfortable. I’m sure that other people feel the same way, which is why there is a negative attitude towards cycling with live fish.
As always, I only wish you the best and hope everything works out for you!
yea the pet store told me to put some damsels in there to cycle the tank then i was stuck with these fin nipping damsels that was a pain to try to take out lesson learned