Shrimp Cycle Stink. Can I remove and ghost feed now?

[Neowind]

I put a dead shrimp in my 100% Dry rock 100% live sand from a bag tank. It has now stunk up my entire room and my wife is very upset. My ammonia is at 1 - 1.5 now and Nitrites are now elevating. My question is can I pull the shrimp and just ghost feed to keep the cycle going? I have 0 nitrate so far.

 

[scuzy]

Yup

 

[Sk8r]

I've never used anything BUT ghostfeeding, ever. No need to smell up the house.

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

Oh yes, pull that rotting shrimp. You don't really need to ghost feed if you're seeing ammonia and nitrite.

 

[Neowind]

Thank god! My first cycle with just dry rock so wasn't sure. Just checked and I am at 1ppm Ammonia 2ppm Nitrite and 5ppm Nitrate. So I am now seeing nitrate also. I believe I will pull it tonight or tomorrow unless someone suggests it will kill my cycle.

 

[scuzy]

i just used ammonia drops

 

[toothybugs]

I just used ammonia too. One cube of food to give "something else" to the system but otherwise just straight up lab-grade ammonia is what I used. (Because I work in a chem lab.) Dr Tim has a good product that is really cheap for this purpose.

If you haven't yet, open a window and maybe get your skimmer going

 

[jd371]

Started to use a shrimp, but the smell was horrid. Took it out after a few days and just dosed pure ammonia and ghost fed a little until the tank cycled.