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Actually, no. Without completely tearing apart the tank I cannot find him. At this point, I am going to let nature to its thing and let his decomp. fuel the cycle. Is that bad?

iDog... Again, the fish that was acclimating was in an open-topped plastic container, not in the bag. I don't know if it makes a huge difference, or any at all. I just want to be clear about that. Also, my ammonia, *was* zero... I think the jump now was caused by said fish as he does his...

Cool. Well between that long lost damselfish and one half of a small shrimp I chopped up and threw in this morning, we're now in a 2-week-wait-and-see-what-the-heck-happens cycle. With luck everything will level off and then I can buy my cleaning crew.

Here are my readings from today. Looks like my "lost" damsel has moved on to that great reef tank in the sky, based on the ammonia levels going up. Guess I don't need to buy some shrimp to cycle the tank... :) Current Temp: 78.6 Current Salinity: 32 Current Gravity: 1.024 Current pH: 7.8...

These were my readings... that my local fish store verified: Salinity: 32 Specific Gravity: 1.023 pH: 7.8 Ammonia: 0 Nitrite: 0.5 Nitrate: 10 Note: Salinity/Specific Gravity were NOT done using a refractometer, just a cheapie plastic hydrometer.

? That's a new one to me. Why do you let the water sit? Do you mix the salt prior to letting it sit, or after? I am guessing after... to let stuff settle. But that's a guess. Although 10% is not a huge amount of water, I was always taught that all aquarium fish, whether marine or FW...

OK, which is more important? A refractometer or a RO/DI filter? Cause I'm already going broke here and I can't afford it all... :help:

So... should I turn them down? Everything except for the Fluval is variable flow. It'll be a pain... but I will do it...

Wow... I feel really bad now. I thought by extending the acclimation I was being more humane. I even feed them sometimes. I did on Thursday. RGH! :sad:

OK, here's another stupid question about WATER CHANGES. Since I don't yet own a RO/DI filter, I will be buying some water from safeway or Culligan for water changes. If you were me, would you just have an extra heater and bring it up to temperature in the mix bucket? Is there any difference...

np. Again, I admin a large forum, so I see this stuff often. Bottom line, I think I got a pretty good answer to my question.

Does it matter if I don't keep him in the bag? Again, I pour the contents of the bag into a plastic container like they use at the fish store when you buy fish, the one that hangs on the tank. I empty them into it, and hang it so it is in the water. 30 minutes after placing it, I add about...

Except maybe an unnecessary flame war. ;)

My live rock is already cured. I got it from my LFS which has had it in a tank for months. Very clean.

I grabbed this post from another thread I have been running for a while. I apologize for the cross-post, but because it has been around for some time, I don't want the chance it could be ignored. I now have a Fluval 205 cannister filter (180 GPH), Two Aqua Clear 50 Power Heads (270 GPH ea)...

Such is the way a forum sometimes works. You *did* jump down my throat a bit, but no harm, no foul. Thanks for the comprehensive answer to my clearly inexperienced question.

I have a question about cycling a tank this way... Do you just use standard, OTC ammonia? How do you determine the amount to put in the tank?

Thanks for the advice, iDog. Since I am actually discussing the topic of "Water Change" - which is the topic of this thread, I'm not hijacking anything. A hijack would be to take the thread off-topic, which I didn't do. If the admins of this board want to discourage this type of posting, they...

Skip, Do you pre-mix a bunch of water and keep it running in another tank, like a refugium? Or do you mix as you need it and then just heat it to roughly the same temperature and go from there? Do you ever recycle the old water? Or do you just dump it? If you stick with zooanthids...

Yeah... but you would also need a transformer... and can get them all decked out with a swivel head and adjustable neck for like 30 bucks... The nice thing about these gizmos is that the more popular they get, the cheaper they will become. I'm a DIY-E (do it yourself ELECTROCUTION) Expert...