Set up a big rubbermaid tote with saltwater, power head , your rock and a shrimp, let it cycle!!! Clean the rock before you begin your cycle, add to your tank a few pieces at a time if thats what you are plan on doing
I have a pair of Lovey Dovey Maroons Bought one first, then a few weeks later bought a secound, they do great together hosting the 2 BTAs and the smaller, male hosts the Duncan also, LOL, mine do great together and with thier tankmates, they are so busy with the nems they don't bother my Goby or...
Someone over on Carolina Fish talk Is Starting a build like this, he Just built the stand for it ,Geoffhttp://www.carolinafishtalk.com/forum/members-tanks-setups/40198-yggdrasil-nano-system-build.html Hope this helps
But what about all that waste water, and does it not jack up your water bill?? I have a 34 gallon Redsea Max and do 5 gallon changes per week, I buy distilled water at 88 cents a gallon at walmart, enough for my weekly water change, top offs takes about 3/4 to one gallon a week and I always keep...
LOL That was just a guess on my part, I have no clues, Its late here for this old brain of mine, maybee someone here will have an answer for you, Im so sorry you are going through all this, and this all started with a bad fish shipment?? Correct??