Zach's 20 gal long build

[Gregcoyote]

It's the purple color they share. They really key into coloration and general body shapes. Two skinny purple fish will fight if different species, in my opinion, and will probably fight if the same species. My yellow tailed blue damsels only get along because there are many places to run and hide and there are so many of them. Other blue fish need to be ready to rumble.

 

[zacheyp]

can i put 8-10 frags, a lobster and a star in at once, i dont want to pay shipping twice, also, how do u preform the drip method?

 

[Patrick93]

You can use them air adjuster and a air line or just the air line and make a knot and loosen it until u get the rate you want

 

[zacheyp]

test kit has arrived, going to test now!

 

[zacheyp]

test results in, what do u think
ph 8.3
amonia o
nitrite 5
nitrate 10ish

 

[Gregcoyote]

test results in, what do u think
ph 8.3
amonia o
nitrite 5
nitrate 10ish

Not bad...nitrite needs to be zero. But it looks like it won't kill anything.

 

[carey]

You have no ammonia....you need to have an ammonia source throughout cycling....

 

[zacheyp]

30 pounds of live rock, thats not an amonia source?

 

[zacheyp]

wouldnt i have no nitrite if i didnt have amonia

 

[zacheyp]

but i have trites so i must be cycling right?

 

[Kio707]

How long ago did u start cycling?

 

[zacheyp]

about 2 weeks

 

[Kio707]

about 2 weeks

U may have only had a small cycle... U put in pure ammonia or just that shrimp?

 

[zacheyp]

the shrimp was in for 4 days

 

[Kio707]

the shrimp was in for 4 days

May have not been enough to start a full cycle... I'd put in pure ammonia...

 

[zacheyp]

there was no pure amo

 

[Kio707]

there was no pure amo

If u only had a small cycle and put in anything, ur going to wind up killing everything.... It took almost 6 weeks to cycle my tank and I had just LR with sump... Just do it right and u can still be cycled by 4 weeks.

 

[zacheyp]

4 more weeks or 2 more weeks, where would i get pure amonia and how much would i put in?

 

[Kio707]

4 more weeks or 2 more weeks, where would i get pure amonia and how much would i put in?

Ace hardware and read the instructions. Think it's a 2-1 ratio... Not positive.

 

[zacheyp]

do you think it would be 2 ore weeks or 4 more weeks, also, a 2:1 ratio of what to what