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[TimSchmidt]

Awesome! :banadance: How long til you add stuff?

:turnip

Tim

 

[babiighurll]

:iill I have been curing My rocks for exactly 2 weeks!!

:lol3: lol I dunno when I should start adding stuff!!

:strip In like a week right??

:anxious Anybody Please let Me know!!

 

[henry hill]

Bbay, Let me know if you have any questions about the skimmer select flow. Have had mine about 2 weeks, finaly figured it out!!

 

[babiighurll]

Bbay, Let me know if you have any questions about the skimmer select flow. Have had mine about 2 weeks, finaly figured it out!!

om WHAT DID U FIGURE OUT?? lol

 

[TimSchmidt]

I thought when your nitrites, nitrates, and amonia settled on 0's you could slowly add cleaning crew then wait about a week or so and then slowly add fish/coral (one a week I think). If I'm wrong someone tell me

Tim

 

[EDGRAY]

Well thats more apropiate but you can add corals or invertebrates every 3 days if everything seems under control but fish ill say a week cause they produce more bioload.......ALWAYS test your water before deciding on getting anything..IMO...

 

[skipm]

Ammonia and nitrite levels should read zero for several days before adding anything or turning the lights on for more than a peek. You may have some nitrates present but you want to keep that level to less than 20. I usually recommend a week between any additions just to give the tank plenty of time to adjust to the new bioload.

 

[babiighurll]

:strip I grew some brown stuff on My rock!!
:langle lol woo hoo...is that good?...
:loveface It has almost been three weeks...just 3 more days to go...
:wh I've only changed My water once....I'm going to again on Tuesday.

 

[babiighurll]

:angry: HELLO!?!?!?! Does anyone Help Me Out Anymore???
:zipped Geez... I posted somethng up and no one responds...Greaaat...

 

[TimSchmidt]

Heh well now it is the waiting game. The brown stuff is probably diatoms. your clean up crew should handle it when the go in. Do you have your lights on now?

Tim

 

[EDGRAY]

sorry about that well diatom is something normal when you're starting your tank and well they can be reduced by using less you lights for now cause your tank doesnt need it too much cause no corals so try to have your lights for now 5-6 hours the most and well time and cleaning crew will take care of that...and the diatom is not really a good stuff and normally feeds on high nitrates and phosphate but is normal cause your cycling in its time will go away so dont worry.

 

[babiighurll]

:victory Thanks for replying back!!
:cryinga: I thought you guys were gone..lol
:eusthink Hmm Yeah that brown stuff on My rocks was b/c of my lights...
:confused3: I had them on for a while...
:dance So I brushed the brown stuff off with a NEW toothbrush..
:angnot: And I kept My lights off..
:inlove: TODAY I'm going to get My water tested...and change My water..
:roll: I didn't have time to yesterday...
:dancing: Did you guys see My tank is 3 Weeks old!!
:clap: YaaaaY!!!
oisson When do you guys think I should put something in the tank??
:loon: What should I get first??
:raz: How does 10 Turbo snails sound?? Is that too much?
:mrgreen: PLEASE let Me know =D

 

[skipm]

I would not get turbo snails, they get too big and act like bulldozers knocking things over all of the time unless they are in a big tank. Go with astreas, margaritas, trochus, or cerith snails for the glass and rocks and nassarious snails for the sandbed. Don't be tempted to get bumble bee snails at this time, the are carnivores and not cleaners and can be added later if you desire.

 

[TimSchmidt]

When you get your water tested :idea: put the results up here and that should tell if you can start adding things yet.

Tim

 

[babiighurll]

:anxious bOo!! I couldn't get My water tested the other day, but I am going to today..I'm thinkin' about buying a Blue Damsel if My tests are good.

:iill Ok..when I bought My rocks...they were NOT CURED...
It has been 3weeks and 2days...

:cryinga: How do I know when they are CURED???

 

[TimSchmidt]

Well, they stop smelling... and then all your tests come up 0's AFTER going up. (when the bacteria are all done growing, dieing, growing, etc... until a balance is achieved). Have fun waiting...

Tim

 

[skipm]

You LR is cured when your tank completes its cycle and you can tell the cycle has completed by the readings of you test results. Basically the main thing is ammonia and nitrite readings of 0 and nitrate readings as low as possible but at least <20.

 

[babiighurll]

:bgrinkin: SATURDAY I went to the pet shop and got My water tested..

:yay And the guy told Me that My Water was perfect for Me to put something in it!!!

:smooch: So I got a very very cute PSEUDOCHROMIS BASSELET...

:love5: The color of it is really cool...its like MAGENTA..

:nlove: I Love it...

:no: It didn't eat the first day of course...

:cele: But it today!! and It swims around a lot too!!

:clap: I'm very happy that its healthy and doing good!

 

[sadielynn]

I hope that you didnt add it too soon as your tank is a bit immature yet ....the basselet is more suited to a larger system and will be a bit on the agressive side so you may not be able to add anything else to the tank they also may eat ornamental shrimp which can be a bit on the expensive side
just curious tho is this the one you have
http://liveaquaria.com/product/prod_dis ... tid=47&N=0

 

[babiighurll]

:eusanaughty Noo thats not the one I have....

:victory Mines is skinny n' long sorta...not really long..

anice And the color is like a PINK...

:mickey With like dark blue eyes n' a silver lining in the eye..

ills I fed him these tiny lil pellets that My bf feeds his fish with..

:eatdr My PSEUDOCHROMIS BASSELET ate them too..and seemed to enjoy them

:releive: The guy at the pet shop said that the fish I got gets a long with other fish..

:question1: Because he wanted Me to buy a Damsel...

:no: And I said nah since they're too aggressive...

:anxious I hope the fish I got isn't mean..kuz that would stink..