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Hi all,

Everything is going well so far. Been doing water changes and my ammo and nitrites are up but stable so far. Found some decent LR and at a decent price too ! Can you believe that? I nearly fell off my chair. Anyway, I bought 11 pounds of the stuff and dropped it in. Damsels are loving it... playing hide and seek, poking at it...

The tank is now 12 days old. No deaths and no wildlife organisation is banging at my door with linching ideas on their mind.

Starting a marine tank with fish... hum. Check this link to the FAQ of this very web site. Very informative !

http://www.fishprofiles.net/faq/sbegin.asp

Happy new year to all of you!!!

Sponge
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Last edited by Sponge_Bob at 01-Jan-2006 08:36

Im not a fan of cycling with but i will just say pleae dont put anything else, till your ammo and nitrite are 0.
even cured LR will give some die off and raise your Ammonia level. Although damsel are very hardy no fish should have to deal with high Ammonia level it must be a very painful exprience and in most cases death

No worries mate, I'm not planning on adding more fish and/or LR in there for the moment. Anyway, I got robbed!!! They said LIVE rocks and those darn things haven't moved an inch since I put them in.

I will slowly add more LR when my tank is cycled. Do you think I should buy my tank a good quality bicycle in order to cycle more rapidly?

Happy New Year to you and your loved ones !

Sponge
PS : If I see my fish suffering, I will take them out of there. So far, so good.

you should add as much live rock as you can now. adding more later will cause spikes in your ammonia levels thus it will have an effect on your livestock.

I wouldnt add anymore, adding to much will cause a huge spike and possibly crash you tank.
LR should only be added at a couple of KG's per time, any live bacteria should be able to handle this much to not create any spikes

Dafridge,

With all due respect mate, I tend to agree with Patchy on adding LR later than now. I already have 4 damsels in there + the addition of 11 pounds of LR. My tank is really not cycled. I'm trying very hard to maintain the ammo and nitrites at a "decent" level by changing water regularly. My water changes are dictated by my daily water tests. If my ammo gets too close to 1ppm, I change 30% of the water. When my tank is cycled and stable, I will add a LR at a time, say, one a week. That should be small enough to be handled by my bacteria colonies.

All I can say is that it's pretty costy. With all those water change, the salt bag tends to empty itself at a pricy rate!

Cheers !

Sponge

Tank Log - Star Date 02012006.1237

I discovered Spock and McCoy together in the jaccuzi... Hum... Think of the possibilities...

Seems like the ammo peak is done and now starts the Nitrite Hell. Ammo is slowly lowering. Gave my fish some Vodka to celebrate the New Year. Now I'm sure all those LR were not placed like that. Why is one fish diving and the others voting at the bottom of the tank? :%)

Did I take my pills today?

Sponge