cycling a 33gal - Aquarium Advice

LittleParr · 02-03-2006, 01:56 PM

Is it ok to add fresh shrimp from the seafood section in the grocery store to a new tank to cycle it? I plan on adding carib sea aragonite and then the sw, then the dead shrimp. Should I add the lr before or after adding the shrimp?

dskidmore · 02-03-2006, 02:41 PM

Sounds like a good idea.

Add the live rock first, then the shrimp.

How well cured is your rock? If there's a bunch of dead stuff on it, and it smells funny, you may not need the shrimp to get the ammonia spike.

**melosu58** · 02-04-2006, 09:19 AM

Cycle the rock with your tank. I would IMO scrub the die off off the rock and then cycle with the shrimp but it can be done also like Dskid said.

02-03-2006, 01:56 PM	#1
LittleParr Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 164	cycling a 33gal Is it ok to add fresh shrimp from the seafood section in the grocery store to a new tank to cycle it? I plan on adding carib sea aragonite and then the sw, then the dead shrimp. Should I add the lr before or after adding the shrimp?

02-03-2006, 02:41 PM	#2
dskidmore Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Genesee Valley Posts: 2,290 Images: 1	Sounds like a good idea. Add the live rock first, then the shrimp. How well cured is your rock? If there's a bunch of dead stuff on it, and it smells funny, you may not need the shrimp to get the ammonia spike. __________________ 75 gallon freshwater Baby shrimp sighted! 2.5 Gallon unpowered freshwater now with high light 0.25 gallon palmtop doomed to an unlit end?

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