so i ordered 20 lbs of cured live rock from live aquara, 5 days to ship
still warm and wet when i opened it, still colored with a bland purple and some green and weird stuff, quick rinse and its in my tank
i checked my params after a few days, 0amm/0nit/maybe level 3 or 4 of nitrate
few more days, exact same readings, a week later, same readings
at this point im thinking its either cycled, or not going to start the cycle, so i add fish food, check params in a few days and i get the same reading
i can only recall one time when my ammonia was not a 0, and that was even before i added food, it was not 0 but it was really low
also, my tank is getting dirtier by the day, i have trouble adjusting my power head without making my sand move, but if i dont make my sand move its like dirty as hell ;( thinking about buying 1 more powerhead to fix this
is a pistol shrimp a shrimp that shoots water ? i seen some on youtube, i would love those
also i dont care about having a lot of fish, i just want a beautiful healthy tank, i prefer to have as many snails/crabs/shrimp as i can have too
i heard the tank is cycled when it smells like the ocean, mine has no scent what so ever, im starting to leave the lights on for a few hours a night now too. I notice random growths in my rock, and i had a long furry worm thing but i havent seen it in a while..1 more week and its been a month so i think at that point ill feel safe to add fish
i really want a pair of firefish but not if they are gona hide all day
also, is it a bad thing that my water is some how evaporating? everyday its like room temperature in my house yet i had to add about an inch of water a week and a half ago, and right now i have to add another inch of water
dont see how its evaporating when i have not much light on it, i only started turning it on this week
even my freshwater tank didnt evaporate as much