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March 7th, 2008, 06:58 AM
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a cycling tank that has some curing rock in it. would it be ok to add some snails or something to it to get the cycle done with even faster and to keep control over the algae or should i stay away from animals while their is curing rock in the tank
Current Aquarium(s) Description: 120 gallon with built in dual overflows Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: >1 year Other Intrests: football, paintball, workin out, saltwater fish 
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March 7th, 2008, 07:19 AM
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no the snails may die. Don't add a thing till your cycle is over. Also stop making new threads. Just post this in your thread where everyone is discussing your cycle.
Current Aquarium(s) Description: 46g bow front Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: 8 months saltwater, 2.5 years freshwater Other Intrests: Tennis, Video games, Working out, Drinking, Movies
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March 7th, 2008, 08:20 AM
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Adding animals will not make the cycle go faster. Adding inverts such as snails during the cycle will kill them. Inverts are extremely sensitive to ammonia and nitrites and will not tolerate even low levels of these toxins.
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Current Aquarium(s) Description: 240-gallon reef with a 55-gallon sump and 35-gallon refugium Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: 7 years
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March 7th, 2008, 08:35 AM
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Current Aquarium(s) Description: 80 Gal. Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: 2 years Other Intrests: Drums, sports, camping, astronomy and computers.
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March 7th, 2008, 11:17 PM
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Dont add anything except rock and top-off untill ammonia and nitrites fall back to zero.
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Hunt hard,shoot straight,kill clean,apologize to no one. Current Aquarium(s) Description: 75gal. reef,NE T-5s 432 watt ,CSS65 skimmer,Pro-Clear 125 wet/dry with mag5 return Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: Little over a year Other Intrests: Hunting,camping,fishing
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March 8th, 2008, 12:30 AM
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is it weird that today i tested it and the nitrites and they were at zero and the ammonia was sky high
Current Aquarium(s) Description: 120 gallon with built in dual overflows Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: >1 year Other Intrests: football, paintball, workin out, saltwater fish
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March 8th, 2008, 12:50 AM
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You got un-cured rock.So you want have to do anything else except keep the tank topped off.
Congratulations,you've started your cycle.
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Hunt hard,shoot straight,kill clean,apologize to no one. Current Aquarium(s) Description: 75gal. reef,NE T-5s 432 watt ,CSS65 skimmer,Pro-Clear 125 wet/dry with mag5 return Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: Little over a year Other Intrests: Hunting,camping,fishing
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March 8th, 2008, 01:31 AM
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the best advice for now is to forget you even have a tank set up for about 3-6 weeks !!!!!! good luck!!!
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ray   Tiny Tank Club35 gallon hex tank, CSS 65 , maxi-jet 400 ,koralia 1, 150 w MH hammilton lamp w/ 14k bulb, 40 lbs of base rock, 10 lbs of live sand, 25 lbs of base sand, 15 lbs of fiji rock, 5 lbs of tonga brach, DIY 20 gallon sump Current Aquarium(s) Description: 35 gallon hex,40 lbs base rock, 5 lbs of tonga 15 LBS FIJI LR ,live sand,CSS 65,koralia 1,maxi 400 Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: started MAY 2007 !!!!!!!! Other Intrests: HUNTING,FISHING,PLAYING GUITAR,VIDEO GAMING
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March 8th, 2008, 04:01 AM
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Sky high ammonia is the first step Fishfan next comes nitrites(NO2) then the Nitrates(NO3)
Current Aquarium(s) Description: 180gal Mixed Reef Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: Newbie to Salt, 2 years planted, Freshwater Forever and a Day! Other Intrests: hunting outdoorsy things, cars motorcycles anything that goes fast drag cars
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March 8th, 2008, 12:02 PM
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Does your live rock contain anything live obviously growing on it besides coraline algae? If not just keep water topped off with quality dechlorinated water, preferably RO water Or even better RODI water. If the rock came with other life forms you need to decide if those other life forms are worth partial water changes and a longer cycle or if your willing to sacrifice those life forms for a quicker harder cycle without doing partial water changes. Really good live rock comes with polyps, little corals, anemones, macro algae, sponges, pods, plankton and hitchhikers such as; bristle worms, snails, crabs, hermit crabs, starfish and even an occasional blenny or other fish. Typical live rock comes with varying amounts of coraline algae, bacteria and littles else.
Current Aquarium(s) Description: 120g SPS Mother Colony Tank, 40 g sump, back wall overflows, 2 closed loop circulation circuits 59X Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: 35 years in marine aquarium trade and managing LFS's, 10 years with coral. Other Intrests: Coral Propagation, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cabinetry, and Reef Systems Development Last edited by fatman; March 8th, 2008 at 12:04 PM.
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