Tank start up
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David S
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Run a cannister filter or make one
mr_X
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turn power heads on. yep, some sort of mechanical filtration would be helpful here also. filter floss in a HOB or cannister.
mr_X
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a couple/few days. it differs with the amount of waste in the water.
Flake
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Might as well go ahead and start, clear not not, it'll still build up ammonia.
Henry405
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how big is your tank, I think its recommended 1 shrimp for about every 30g. I added too much and it almost stalled my cycle
mr_X
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check your parameters. you might have the ammonia spike you need with that cloud.
Henry405
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2 shrimps should be good enough then. If you want to have more control over cycling your tank, I would use the ammonia dosing instead. This method allows you to control how much ammonia is released into the water. With the shrimp, its good also, but you cant control much since you can't really calculate how much ammonia is release from the shrimps each day
Henry405
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Thats pretty low, you would want it to spike up to 4-5ppm
Henry405
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Most people told me to get it from ace hardware. It should be pure ammonia, if you shake it up and there are bubbles, it isnt pure.
the dosage amount calculator is in post #43 (last post)
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f14/my-first-sw-tank-147708-2.html
the dosage amount calculator is in post #43 (last post)
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f14/my-first-sw-tank-147708-2.html
kurtyboh
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It's nice to see my calculations put to good use!
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