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04-30-2011, 09:42 PM
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I put my live sand in after the saltwater. A few days later I added all my live rock.
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05-01-2011, 04:08 AM
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Thanks for the comments guys... I think im going to wait for this part of the cycle to get done and over with before I add the sand, just to make it easier on clean up for now.
On a side note, I've noticed quite a few orange/blue bristleworms 
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05-01-2011, 05:32 PM
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Ammonia is now at 1.0
Nitrite is at .25 Didn't bother testing for nitrate yet. Can anyone tell me when I should be removing the raw shimp and replacing them with fish? Should I add more live rock before I add more shrimp to bring up the ratio of live to dry rock? I'd provide an updated pic, but thing haven't really changed with this tank.
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05-05-2011, 04:05 AM
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Upon further testing, the ammonia seems to be gone from my tank. The nitrites, on the other hand, are clearly on their way up. I'm also registering nitrates, and seem to be getting some feathery looking green, for lack of a better word, algea, growing all throughout the tank. There are also sponges, a couple pink anemones and lots of brown diatoms. Ill get some pictures up tomorrow.
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05-11-2011, 04:24 AM
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Ammonia was down to zero, Nitrite is at zero. I was getting a reading of Nitrate around 30ppm so I did a 40% ro water change (with salt of course). I now don't show a reading for nitrate either. I have a bunch of green algeas growing on the front glass, they almost look like plants. I had a bloom of brown algea as well but on the live rock, it seems to have receded. There is some nice purple coraline algea starting to grow.
I think this weekend I will add a sand or fine gravel bed to the tank to get it ready for a cleaning crew. I may add another raw shrimp in there to keep a source of ammonia for the bacteria in the tank as I still don't have anything other than bristle worms and copepods living in here. I'm also planning on purchasing a few more pounds of live rock to help seed the dry rock I had purchased. I'm getting kind of excited about having the cleaning crew in there, It'll be something more to look at than the minor life forms in there lol!
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