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Video of my Tank..about 6 weeks in I'm not sure my video posted...

I guess the starfish grew out of the live rock..cool!!! I found two of them in there!

Ok..i just read a bit about ammonia source..i'll drop a shrimp in there tonight to decompose..

Ammonia Sniper, I haven't added anything to rot.

Also Sniper..forgot to tell you..when I did my water change I added nova aqua conditioner..3 teaspoons per instructions..attaching a clearer pic.

Ammonia source Hey Snipe...keep in mind I'm a complete newbie, so I'm not sure what my ammonia source is, but willing to learn..I know I just did a partial water change yesterday (5 gallon)..tested just now and ammonia went up from .50 to 2.0 this morning..I also attached a pic of my tank this...

I did my tests this morning and here are the results: 05/14 Monday 08:21 AM Temperature: 80.4 °C pH: 7.4 Ammonia: .50 ppm Nitrite: .25 ppm Nitrate: 20 ppm

Yes, I'm going to test again today and check ammonia and nitrate..the levels have been slowly going down..

so not that I'm impatient..but how long should I wait to introduce other corals..I've been cycling for about 3 weeks now..

Any suggestions for other corals for beginners?

Just put some green star polyps in my tank..i hae a mexican turbo snail who just bit off a piece of the gsp..then knocked it over..will the gsp be allright..I'm going to try and upload a video..anything I can do to keep the snail off the gsp?

Ammonia As it turns out my ammonia did spike. It must've spiked the day after I tested the water. I took a sample in to my LFS and they read (using the same test kit) a high level of ammonia. I then went home and tested again and my results matched the LFS. I'm going to start testing every...

Ammonia Well i used the API test kit and the ammonia level read zero..so on the chance that the test was incorrect, I'm taking a sample in tonight.

Hello All! First attempt at a SW tank. Here's my setup: Biocube 32 Caribe sand live sand At least 55 lbs of live rock rubble rock and poly for bio filter API Master Test kit 10 hermit crabs 2 turbo snails Tried to put a damsel in a couple of days ago and it turned grey and died though my test...

API Master test kit

and yes I bought ROD from the LFS..

I purchased a master test kit and did my first tests this weekend...saturday..

Is it live rock like it’s precured and was in a tub cycling when you got it? Odd you haven’t seen a spike in parameters. Is the damsel only dull in he morning or all the time? Just to be aware Damsels are jerks and I’d be careful when you eventually add other fish of the damsel. Yes, the live...

Hello All! My name is Billy and this is my first 'aqua' post. This is also my first attempt at setting up a SW aquarium. Here's what I got: bioCube 32 (cycling for one week now). 50 lbs live rock Caribe Sand live sand 1 blue damsel 10 blue leg hermit crabs 2 Mexican turbo snails ROD water...