Picked up about 14lbs of liverock and some substrate (just enough to cover the bottom of a 10g), and was donated a damsel along with 5g of water. Put it all in the 10g with a powerhead and heater- my 36w CP light, nano-sized powerhead and filter come today. I wouldnt usually ever add a fish to a new setup, but I figured since 50% of the water, all 14lbs of rock, and all the substrate came from the fish's home tank we'd be ok.
readings are:
Nitrites: 40 first thing this morning and now 20. Is it typical for them to drop so fast?
Nitrates 0
Ammonia 0
PH ~8.5
When do you guys think it would be safe to add a shrimp or feather duster? I know- patience- and I am- just looking for input The liverock and crushed coral was about a year in the guys tank I bought it from (not less than that- and he bought it from others before that).
readings are:
Nitrites: 40 first thing this morning and now 20. Is it typical for them to drop so fast?
Nitrates 0
Ammonia 0
PH ~8.5
When do you guys think it would be safe to add a shrimp or feather duster? I know- patience- and I am- just looking for input The liverock and crushed coral was about a year in the guys tank I bought it from (not less than that- and he bought it from others before that).