Update On My Tank :)

Threshold · 06/27/2015, 09:06 AM

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 · 06/27/2015, 09:16 AM

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 · 06/27/2015, 09:44 AM

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 · 06/27/2015, 09:49 AM

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

06/27/2015, 09:06 AM	#1
Threshold Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Round Lake, IL Posts: 106	Update On My Tank :) 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? __________________ -Dave 75 Gallon DT, 30 Gallon Sump, Vertex Skimmer, Reef Breeders Photon LEDs 7ish types of coral, 2 clownfish, a RBTA, and a MIA lettuce sea slug

06/27/2015, 09:49 AM	#4
Threshold Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Round Lake, IL Posts: 106	I wasn't going to add ammonia. The little lives in there will get things going. __________________ -Dave 75 Gallon DT, 30 Gallon Sump, Vertex Skimmer, Reef Breeders Photon LEDs 7ish types of coral, 2 clownfish, a RBTA, and a MIA lettuce sea slug

06/27/2015, 09:16 AM	#2
rt67ghy Registered Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Posts: 984	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.

06/27/2015, 09:44 AM	#3
GMay Registered Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 136	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.