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04-24-2008, 11:12 PM
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| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: new york Age: 33
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 |  hello everyone from NY
hi guys let me briefly explain what i have 34g red sea max 35lb LR 40lb LS(new teck.) i cycled my tank with 4 assorted damsels and also i used stabilizer first week. i put cleaning crew after my second week 3 mexican turbo snails, 3 astrea snails, 3 scarled hermits, 1 cleaner shrimp, 1 sand sifting star fish and false percula clown fish which was died after couple days. water numbers are good salinity 1.025 ph 8.3 amonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 0 as of today results from my LFS i also test my water every day it is pretty much same so far. after i lost my first clown i got pair of false percula from same store and i lost one of my clown just today which was acting little different than other one, not eating hidding behind the rocks and he had white powdery sking mukus cover the body also her skin was peeling off just like my first one. unfortunately so far l lost 2 clown fish i hope the last one will survive he seems okay day i introduced him to his new home. i took the damsels out i was very hard i had to move my rocks out. today my 3rd week. numbers are same and fine. any common or suggestion for next steps. thank you all. | 
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04-25-2008, 12:40 AM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Aug 2007
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Welcome to 3reef! 
Let me get this straight. You 'cycled' your tank in 1 week? With chemicals? Was the rock already cured? Do you use an at home test? Which kind if you do? I wouldn't add anymore fish into there for a few weeks. Just keep an eye on everything, especially your ammonia and nitrites. Was anything you used from a previously established tank (rock, sand, water, etc.)?
Also I'm assuming that you have next to no algae in there right now. Mexican turbo snails are lawnmowers. I wouldn't have 3 in a 34g. I've had 5 bring a 55 back down to no algae when it had been a kelp forest before. Now they have to have their diets supplemented by nori.
Keep us updated on the clown! 
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55gal,260 watt PC(2x65 actinic,2x65 10k daylight,8 lunar LED) 45#LR, 45#LS, 3 maxi-jet 900's on a natural wavemaker timer,phosban reactor, 5 gal fuge (built out of standard 10 gallon tank) with chaeto, grape, and feather caulerpa, sealife systems protein skimmer, wet/dry, 4 blue/green chromi, 1 skunk cleaner shrimp, 1 coral beauty,1 true perc, 5 mexican turbo snails, assorted dwarf blue leg hermits, astrea snails, and nerite snails | |
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04-25-2008, 01:10 AM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Staten Island, NY Age: 29
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Welcome... NY here also.
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72g Early-Stages Reef...
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04-25-2008, 03:11 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
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1st, welcome to 3reef, Im also from NY. Whom ever is giving you advice on how to start a SW tank, is taking you for a ride, not to mention your money. As we speak, you should not have anything in that tank with the exception of ONE damsel. The cycling process can last up to 12 weeks. If its possible, ask your LFS to hold on your livestock until you finish your cycle. Heres a site that will help you understand alot about SW tanks. Saltwater Aquarium Setup Guide
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04-25-2008, 03:13 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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Welcome to 3reef.
Boy that is sure a fast cycle, might want to slow down a bit before you spend more money on new livestock. _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
3x400w MH's, 4x95w Actinics, AAT Lunar Lights, OM 4-way CL, PM Bullet 3 Skimmer, DelZone Eclipse 1 O3 Generator, WavySea Plus for return, AAT Kalk Reactor, KNOP Ca Reactor w/PM Second Chamber, TradeWinds Chiller, ACIII Controller, Oceanus ATO, PM PO4 Reactor, 75g Sump, 30g Fuge Born March 5, 2007 My 265 Gal. Tank Thread " REAL TIME TANK STATS "   | |
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04-25-2008, 05:53 AM
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| | Montipora Digitata
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Garden Creek,VA
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Welcome to 3Reef! sorry about your lost, I am pushing 900gph and didn't introduce fish till
like the 7th week. and they are hardy ones | |
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04-25-2008, 06:40 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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Welcome to 3Reef.
Glad to see you found way here.
Sorry about loss.
Getting a new tank started up is always a trial with some risk to livestock. With good Live rock, a tank could concievably cycle in a week. But does not mean it can deal with any kind of a bioload on it yet. Takes some time to get that bacteria to build up...
Just go slow and all will be well. Give tank at least a month before adding any more fish.
Good Luck!
Keep us posted. _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
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04-25-2008, 06:42 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007
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Welcome to 3Reef>>>>>> | |
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04-25-2008, 06:47 AM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 47
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Originally Posted by omard  Welcome to 3Reef.
Glad to see you found way here.
Sorry about loss.
Getting a new tank started up is always a trial with some risk to livestock. With good Live rock, a tank could concievably cycle in a week. But does not mean it can deal with any kind of a bioload on it yet. Takes some time to get that bacteria to build up...
Just go slow and all will be well. Give tank at least a month before adding any more fish.
Good Luck!
Keep us posted. | I am sorry for your loss...
I am with you, Omard...Although a tank may cycle in a week, the bacteria build up is just enough to breakdown the ammonia and nitrites, however, the bacteria that is established is not enough to handle any extra bio-load..8-12 weeks is always a good time frame... _________ 72 gallon bowed 150lbs LR 60 lbs LS
2 Percs
1 Chevron Tang
Hippo Tang
Six Line Wrasse
Coral Banded Shrimp
Cleaner Shrimp
Starry Blenny
4 Lyretail Anthias
Long Polyp Toadstool
Montipora
Long Tentacle Anenome
Short tentacle plate
Pulsing Xenia
Green Star polyps
Frogspawn
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2 Clown
1 Coral Beauty
1 Fairy Wrasse
24 FOWLR
Dwarf Lion
125 gallon African Cichlid Tank http://home.comcast.net/~pizzal/index.html 
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04-25-2008, 08:21 AM
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| | Kole Tang
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Sun River,Oregon (Bend) Age: 34
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Welcome to  Short term gain = long term pain, Short term pain = long term gain. Bend, Oregon. | |
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