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Thank you! I'll keep that in mind :)

Quick question... Is lava rock saltwater safe? I currently have one in freshwater

Yes I'll do that... Place a shrimp in a mesh bag and add live rock at the same time.

Thanks Dave and gboy! I'll cycle with live rock and shrimp. All you guys have been EXTREMELY helpful!

I've been reading around online and I've seen live rock cycling as opposed to a raw shrimp or other means. How many ways can I cycle the tank, which is the best and which is the easiest? If I go the raw shrimp route will I have issues adding live rock later?

Thanks for the salinity (gravity) and the hydrometer, refractometer clarification and all the mixing process. I'll be boiling my sponges plus I have more unused sponges. I didn't know I had to boil the ones I used in fw...

Thank you guys! You've all been very helpful... How do I check the salinity and gravity levels? After what you all told me I'll only be adding one clownfish. Could I use bottled water in the tank?

I will definitely check out your thread!

Thanks for the welcome :) I am indeed new to saltwater. I'm currently using a tetra whisper on my fw tank, but I would instead use the penguin filter. Would any of the bacteria in my current filter help at all in cycling a sw tank? Seems like anemones are not a good choice lol! I'll stay...

When it comes to water... Where could I obtain water other than the lfs?

Thanks guys for all your advice! I feel a warm welcome already! When it comes to filters... Will my current filter work? (I'm guessing not) I also have a penguin bio wheel filter not in use at the moment. Can I use that one? For now I plan to only have live rock and no plants, but might go...

By the way, this would be my first saltwater tank.

What do I need to transition my current freshwater 10 gallon glass tank to saltwater? Any and all advice will be appreciated.

I currently have way too many (unidentified) snails in my tank that most likely came with my amazon sword so I'm now looking for assassin snails to help keep the population under control.

Thanks! I'll make the adjustments ASAP to have only shrimp in the 10 gallon.

Thanks! It seems like I've made up my mind to get a few amano shrimp to go with my RCS.

Thank you for your input. What if instead of Otos I was to add Amano Shrimp? Will the RCS continue to breed? What other types of shrimp could I add that wouldn't stop the RCS from breeding?

I have a heavily planted 10 gallon tank with 3 red wendtii, 13 anacharis, 3 java fern, 1 banana plant, 1 small amazon sword, 3 big java moss bunches, driftwood and lava rock. There is about 13 RCS in there and 1 female zebra danio. I would like to add some otocinclus to the tank and I'm...

It's all good... I didn't take that to mean anything bad. Thanks for clarifying it though.

Thanks for your input! My Amazon Sword has been growing back for about 2 months now. Is this a safe amount of time to replant it? Another reason I'm afraid to move the driftwood is for the fear of baby shrimp hiding under it and my movements killing them. Thanks for your good comments on...

I want to move things around my 10 gallon tank, but I have a some concerns that I would love advice/opinions for. First of all I have 3 Red Wendtii plants which are growing little Wendtii's close to them. Plus I've read that this plant can melt if moved. Second, I have an Amazon Sword which...

Congrats! I hope to be enjoying my shrimp tank soon.

Another question. Would bee shrimp or crystal red shrimp also breed in a tank with RCS?

Thank you all for the help! Seems like I'll either use the new filter media in my 10 gal or borrow some of the old filter media in conjunction with adding the lava rock. The RCS tank will be 4 gal with a penguin bio-wheel filter. I have already covered the filter intake.

I want to start up a new RCS tank, but I'm wondering if I can seed it from my 10 gallon tank. I have a lava rock in my 10 gallon with java moss on it and I was wondering if that has any of the beneficial bacteria and if that would suffice in the seeding on the shrimp tank. I want to use the...