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yeah stay away from all the miracle in a bottle snake oil stuff. but i think you may still want to add a couple of shrimp and see if you get any spikes as i said im not sure if your calcium overdose produced lethal levels and killed your bacteria or dramaticly reduced its levels in which case...

oh ok sorry so many people think that a tank starts cycling soon as you put water in it hehe. the red coraline your refering to is most likely not red coraline at all and is prolly cyano bacteria, when it is very dense it can look almost black. water holds such an isignificant amount of bacteria...

yeah i think with a good amount of cured rock in there and just one small shrimp you couldve easily missed it go through and it wouldnt produce a detectible level of nitrate with most common kits. buffering the topoff water is a good idea it also helps to do it at night while the ph is dropping...

i would go with the AC500 fuge very easy to do and much cheaper. and speaking from experience here lol never put the electrical conections where water can easily run of or drip into them like you have. good luck have fun!

sounds like sponge to me sometimes cylcing without lights produce good conditions for the sponge.. it should die off after the water is in better shape and you add lights. it wouldnt hurt to srub it off wen you turn the lights on to help inhibit it but without the light it will prolly come back...

set it so it is barely skimming anything and let it go for a few days . it will skim better after it gets broke in(when the riser gets slimey). good luck

in the future if anything dies in there get it out asap!in that small of a tank it can cause a big spike, which may be affecting the other snails. thats a big snail to be rotting away in 2g's lol

wow very nice aquascaping dragon. is that haitan rock under there? wish i could stop by atlantis even if it were only for ten minutes.......

lol a snail that may be a bit much for this size tank oops

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hey zero, glad to see you got it set up and the light retro'd. did you put the fan in also? you shouldnt have much of a cycle to worry about you didnt mention here that your rock is fully cured from an established tank. with your water changes you dont really need the kits as said just keep up...