Update On My Tank :)

[Threshold]

Just an update on things. A week and a half ago (or so), I picked up my tank, stand, hood, etc. It looks great!

After painting the black of the DT black, I brought it in. Over the next few days, I assembled the sump. This past Monday I filled it with freshwater. A day later with no leaks I added salt. A few days later (yesterday), I added 12.6 pounds of live rock.

I found a few hitchhikers -- some good, some bad. I have a handful of snails and a crab and one polyp of some kind of coral. I also have some aiptasia. I'm looking at that as an excuse to get a peppermint shrimp after the tank has cycled.

Any guess if the crab, snails, polyp, and aiptasia would survive the cycling of the tank?

 

[rt67ghy]

Have you added the ammonia source yet? You need the ammonia to reach 2ppm to begin the cycling process. When you do that everything in the tank should die.

 

[GMay]

Do not add ammonia. 2ppm will kill everything in there. It is better to take it slow and feed the tank, that way there is a minimal ammonia spike and the living things will remain that way. No need to add harsh chemicals to get to where you want to be. This is IMO.

 

[Threshold]

I wasn't going to add ammonia. The little lives in there will get things going.