first Salt Tank.

[Jesterrace]

I really hate to see anyone cycling a tank with live fish and I think you are getting poor advice from your local fish store. I would strongly recommend reading the stickies "Newbies starting a new tank, read here!" at the top of this forum. There is a lot of information to absorb there but it is all important to know to prevent you from starting off on the wrong foot. Subjecting fish to ammonia poisoning is cruel and complete unnecessary. I would recommend taking the clown fish back to your LFS and having them hold the fish until the cycle is complete and then add an ammonia source in the form of pure ammonia without perfumes or surfactants of simply a couple of dead raw shrimp. It also looks like you are likely a little light on the amount of rock you have in the tank; you should have close to 60 rounds of rock.

Agreed. Anyone who recommends a live fish cycle in any tank does not have one's best interests at heart. I'd find another LFS as it is clear that one is only thinking about their pocketbook and not you or the fish.

 

[Rjukan]

So are you saying to run my fuge light on a timer and not around the clock? What I read was to keep it on. A 30 bar light is good right? Was afraid the brown spots on cheato was it being burnt. Also is it save to just wash of the cured clean rock and add it to this tank. Or do I need to make it live in a trash can for a few months before adding it. ? Someone said it might cause a miny cycle

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Yes, put the fuge light on a timer so it turns on when your display turns off. It will help with keeping your pH stable plus it's not necessary to run that light 24/7. It's also what could be causing the brown algae growth on your chaeto.

If it's completely white new rock with no organics on it, I would do this: do a water change and save the old tank water. Let the new rock sit in the old tank water for an hour or so, then dip it in and out to wash off any loose particles, and put it in the tank. Without any organics on it, it shouldn't cause a mini cycle.

 

[kevin21]

Not sure if you ordered the rock already, but supposedly reefcleaners.org dry rock comes organic/phosphate leaking free. Nice turn around on the set up!

 

[FishHarder]

Just did a water change and added 30 lb yesterday. But akbgoing tibset up a 40 breeder. So that would be nice to get a few lbs for

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[FishHarder]

Yes, put the fuge light on a timer so it turns on when your display turns off. It will help with keeping your pH stable plus it's not necessary to run that light 24/7. It's also what could be causing the brown algae growth on your chaeto.

If it's completely white new rock with no organics on it, I would do this: do a water change and save the old tank water. Let the new rock sit in the old tank water for an hour or so, then dip it in and out to wash off any loose particles, and put it in the tank. Without any organics on it, it shouldn't cause a mini cycle.

So my big mistake was listening to people when they told me to do away with filter socks. The brown was dirty debris stuck to it. And during a water change i shook it loose and the cheato went back to floating and green. Also ordered 6 more socks so I have 4 sets to rotate incase I get lazy and dont clean them for a week.

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