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Thanks guys, they are back in there.

I have a 55 gal, saltwater tank which has been set up since last October. I have only had 1 clown, 1 blue damsel, 1 diamond sleeper gobie and a shrimp in it since it cycled. I have noticed, over the last 2 months or so, a lot of very small snails, I realize they were probably hitchhikers on my...

Thanks fo rthe info guys. I AM planning on a reef tank so I'll work on the Nitrates.

Okay, here's a follow up to this......I had a nice long 19 day long cycle with my brand new 55 gallon setup. My ammonia went to 4.0 for 5 days, Nitrites went to 5 for 1 day, 4 the next then .50 the next day (so the nitrites went down quickly), but my Nitrates have only gone to 20 for 5 days, and...

thanks for the info! I'll turn off the PS, when I left this morning it had a good amount of "product" in it.

Should I be running my protein skimmer in a brand new saltwater setup while doing a fishless cycle? 55gal, filled 11 days ago, Ph-8.2, Ammonia 4.0 (for 4 days in a row), Nitrite-1.0 (up from .25 yesterday), Nitrate just went from 10-15 overnight. I had a dead shrimp in the tank until 3 days ago...

ph was still 8.0. After the sun went down I walked past the tank and saw a bristleworm sticking out of a piece of live rock eating the dead shrimp I'm using for the cycle. It's been 15 years since I had a SW tank and I freaked out-searching the threads here, took that piece of live rock out of...

Ok, good thing...........I stopped by the lfs on the way home and bought about 30lbs of some pretty nice base rock and it's in the tank:). Checked my ammonia, it was 2.0. I'm not even going to check the Nitrites/Nitrates for a couple more days. Seems like a waste of a few tests if the Ammonia is...

I just started a "Fishless Cycle" 5 days ago with shrimp and "Cycle". Can I keep adding base rock during the cycle? This is a brand new setup, 55 gal, 60lbs of live sand, 20lbs of live rock so far. Amonia is on the rise, ph is hovering between 8.0-8.2