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Try some bacteria starter or if you know someone with a established tank ask for some rock or ruble to jump start your tank. Just be sure they don't have nasties in their tank


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Patience is easier said than done, but it will happen. I planned on my cycle lasting a month then when it happened around the 2-3 week mark it was a pleasant surprise. We all feel your struggle though.


"Yea, well, that's like, your opinion man" -The Dude
 
Day 15 - 3/25/2017

Temp: 79
pH:
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 2.0
Nitrate: didn't test today
Salinity: 1.026 (35)

Yeah!!!! Starting to see some movement. So that's the positive. The negative is that I took out my top rock and epoxy it together (because it split) and now I see grey epoxy on my rock and it's annoying me. It looks ugly and I want it gone.

Visited the LFS again this weekend just to 'look'. I am definitely getting excited. It appears that maybe next weekend might be the time for my first little guys.


Day 16 - 3/26/2017

Temp: 79
pH:
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: .25 <------LOOK!!!
Nitrate: didn't test today
Salinity: 1.026 (35)

Almost there! I will test all the parameters probably tomorrow and if the nitrites are down to 0, I will do a decent water change (my first) probably on Wed or Thur to get ready for my first 2 occupants - 2 occ clownfish.
 
You'll get used to the putty fast. Coralline algea will grow on the putty as well as the rocks and after you start adding corals it won't be long until they hide it. Do you have a stocking list? Its so fun to follow along with new tanks because most of us remember the excitement and patience required on our own start ups :).
 
Jenyphur, first congrats on the tank. I too am new to all this and I set my tank up the same day but whew I am feeling I am going at this all wrong after reading how patient you are being. Also thank you for doing this I am looking forward to seeing what you do with your tank and of course following for advice and suggestions.

My story.......

Bought a 32 gallon Biocube with stand 3/11 as a bday present to myself, bday was 3/12. I purchased salt water, sand, live rocks and an additive (will let you know what it is when I get home) I was given. Left for a business trip Monday 3/13 and had my wife add one cap daily as I was told. I arrived home Sunday 3/19 and went directly to my LFS. My temp was 78.5, ph-8.0, ammonia-0, nitrite-0 and nitrate-0. I wanted to add something my wife and kids were bugging me so I decided on 2 Nemo's and 2 snails. That week everyone was doing fine but I noticed the Nemo's weren't getting along. Just this weekend I went and bought a few more fish and a shrimp. I also had to pull one of the Nemo's out being he was not in good shape he was being abused. I ended up giving him to a friend with an amazing setup and he seems to be thriving. I just ordered the skimmer hoping to add some coral in the next few weeks.
 
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imjdoggie said:
Jenyphur, first congrats on the tank. I too am new to all this and I set my tank up the same day but whew I am feeling I am going at this all wrong after reading how patient you are being. Also thank you for doing this I am looking forward to seeing what you do with your tank and of course following for advice and suggestions.



My story.......



Bought a 32 gallon Biocube with stand 3/11 as a bday present to myself, bday was 3/12. I purchased salt water, sand, live rocks and an additive (will let you know what it is when I get home) I was given. Left for a business trip Monday 3/13 and had my wife add one cap daily as I was told. I arrived home Sunday 3/19 and went directly to my LFS. My temp was 78.5, ph-8.0, ammonia-0, nitrite-0 and nitrate-0. I wanted to add something my wife and kids were bugging me so I decided on 2 Nemo's and 2 snails. That week everyone was doing fine but I noticed the Nemo's weren't getting along. Just this weekend I went and bought a few more fish and a shrimp. I also had to pull one of the Nemo's out being he was not in good shape he was being abused. I ended up giving him to a friend with an amazing setup and he seems to be thriving. I just ordered the skimmer hoping to add some coral in the next few weeks.
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Clowns will fight to find out who's going to be male then again at female stage. Normal process unless u get a big one and a small one so they never have to fight for their sex ;)


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^^thanks for the info, appreciate that...they were both same size and 3 weeks later the one was still getting after the other. He was in really bad shape half of tail missing fins on top missing. I honestly didn't think he was going to make it another hour, maybe I was a little impatient but as I said I really felt he was going to kill him. As you can tell by how fast I added fish patience is not one of my best qualities................not a good combo with this hobby I know but I'm trying lol.
 
Congrats to you and pictures look great. I am just a beginner but it seems that you are going super fast. Do you even know if your tank cycled at all...? Do you know if the ammonia can be safely converted to nitrites? Also, from everything I have read it's best to add fish slowly as to not get bio overload but again....I'm just a beginner. The only thing I have realized is that everyone has a different experience..you can follow things to a T and might get different results than others. :)

I might suggest starting your own thread and asking for advice on what you have done so far regarding the fish/livestock. That's the only thing I really worry about...these are live animals and our pets and I want to do whatever is possible to avoid injury and stress for them.

I like your clownfish and the shrimp btw...super cute.
 
^^^^didn't mean to hijack your thread and make this about me I was just surprised and excited to see someone at the same stage as myself. I admire you for starting this and appreciate you starting this. Everything seems to be testing well so far.......
 
imjdoggie said:
^^^^didn't mean to hijack your thread and make this about me I was just surprised and excited to see someone at the same stage as myself. I admire you for starting this and appreciate you starting this. Everything seems to be testing well so far.......
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Oh no worries...I didn't think you hijacked it. I just know that you might get more responses from people that have more experience than I do. It seems like your tank is going well so far and that is awesome....I'm a little envious actually. Hopefully this weekend I will have some fish in there...whoohoo!

Jen
 
Ritten said:
You'll get used to the putty fast. Coralline algea will grow on the putty as well as the rocks and after you start adding corals it won't be long until they hide it. Do you have a stocking list? Its so fun to follow along with new tanks because most of us remember the excitement and patience required on our own start ups :).
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Funny you posted this, I was just researching how to remove it from rock. I seriously hate the look but I'm sure it will be fine in a few months. Again..patience. My boyfriend told me this is the lesson I am supposed to be learning with my new hobby. I agree...we are so used to instant gratification these days.

My stocking list at this time is this:

2 ocellaris clownfish
1 yellow watchman goby
1 candy pistol shrimp (hoping they will become buddies)
1 firefish

CUC

Pretty boring and basic but I am trying to go with the tried and true fish and corals first so I get some 'wins' under my belt. I have a LOT to learn about corals and want to eventually get some softies and easy LPS corals.
 
Ok, so I think Friday will be the big day. My ammonia and nitrites are both at 0 and just did a big water change to hopefully get the nitrates down as well. I am getting some diatoms on my rock and things are progressing.

If all things still look good on Friday, I am taking the plunge and going to get my 2 clowns. Picked up their food today so I am ready to go. :)
 
A few things to do before tomorrow....probably need one more decent size water change as my nitrates are still pretty high. They were at about 100, now they are at about 30.

My ATO arrived yesterday so need to install that today. Also, now that I have pretty much all the parts, I am going to get my dj power strip controller installed and move my shelf up a bit in my cabinet...going to require a little help from my BF for that one.

Went to a new fish store in town (a little out of the way for me) but totally worth it. I am in LOVE with some of their modern tank setups. Seriously...in love. I already know that I will be upgrading this cube at some point to one of their pieces. But that's a year or so down the line. The store was immaculate and the owner was so friendly and they had some amazing corals.

I'll post some pics next.
 
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