When to add LR??!! HELP

[Jason McK]

Dekay,
The Shrimp you added was too soon. The function of the shrimp was to cycle the LR and sand. See the ammonia the shrimp would produce would be eaten by the organisms in the LR and sand. with no LR and Sand in your tank all you did was make Ammonia. Not a problem you have cured LR and sand now. This will take care of any ammonia in the tank. But if you were to add uncured LR now you would have to put another piece of shrimp in the tank and start the cycle again. You haven't added any fish or coral yet right? If not I would get more LR now. If you can get cured go for it but if not uncured will just take more time.

Cured= has already cycled and the biological organisms are in place
Uncured= in shipping from its origins some of the biological organisms and other living matter die off. it is necessary to "cycle" the rock in order to have the surviving organisms repopulate the rock


Hope this helps
J