two weeks of cycling

snails and crabs

It never hurts to add snails and crabs... load it up. Get some RO/DI water. Check the water and your tank for PO4s.

Zak

 

Well I've been cycling my tanks since feb 9th. I haven't seen any algea besides a lil diatoms on the sand. I also have 4 snails in there that came with the LS don't know if that helped being it's only 4 of them. But they didn't starve to death so I tke that as a sign. They even survived the initial cycle.

 

Well I am also cycling my tank and i have a lot of brown (i guees diatoms) all over my sand and some green algea on my rocks. I have 6 snails and 2 yellow tailed damsels. I have a 90 gal tank with a 30 gal. sump/fuge. everything seems to be going good. So just take your time and dont rush anything i have sorta rushed it with the snails but i dont plan on adding anything for a few more weeks or months. It all takes time for a good tank.

 

well ive been cycling my tank for about 2 weeks now and yesterday i went locked and loaded with 2clowns and an anemone and a full cleaning crew.... ill let you know how it goes... my live rock came from an established tank as did my ls and 50% of my water.... so guess we shall see... ive had several respected local aquarists tell me its ok to add fish after 2 weeks... but everything i read on the internet says ALOT longer... so guess im trying this out lol

 

Its your money but you should be waiting until the tank has matured for a while before adding that much load all at once. As for the anemone...that should not even be thought about at this stage of the tanks life.
This is not a race! It is a eco-system that takes time to develop. Kills me how people think this is a piece of furniture they put in their house and BOOM it's a established tank ready for anything.

Hope things work out for you..:-/

 

If you were serious about stopping algae why didn't you bake all your rock in bleach and start with no algae???

 

This thread is 3 years old fellas.

 

lol how do these threads get bumped lol i need to start looking at the dates

 

Dude, its clear to me that you have not done any research before you started your journey. Your setting up yourself for failure. I dont want to sound rude, but its the truth. I wish you and your creatures much luck.