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Hello i am new into the reef hobby
I've started a new reef tank I am 6,5 weeks in now I started with dry rocks and live sand I dropped a shrimp in there and waited. last week I added a CUC consisting of 3 hermits 2 nassarus snails and 2 Turbo snails. I added to live rock form my LF last week. My problem is that my ammonia still aint a clear 0 and my nitrates are still high ? I was still advised to add a Lawnmower bleany to help with the cleaning of the tank, but It died after 3 days.
The setup and and reading will be attached as pictures and files. I would like to here your thoughts on what to do now? I was really hoping on getting two clowns soon but I do not know if it is safe for them. What can I do to move on from here?

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Welcome to R2R! Have you done a water change yet? And did you seed the aquarium with any bacteria in a bottle?
I have done 1 15% 2 weeks ago and I did a 20% WC yesterday day. And no I did not seed with any bacteria from bottle only the shrimp.
 
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totally fine to add a bottle of bacteria. Should help get the ammonia under control. I would recommend not running your lights during cycling. It just lead to algae blooms.
Would something like "fritzturbo start", "Dr. Tims one and only" or " Bio Spira" be recommended ?
 

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Welcome to R2R! I've used dr. Tim's successfully. I would no longer take advice from your lfs. Sounds like they enjoy taking your money. :(
 
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Thank you all for the advice I will try adding some bacteria. Should I let it stabilize for some time then before continuing on with etc. a pair of clowns?
 

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Like they said earlier, I would keep the lights off during the cycle until things stabilize. Is that algae on the glass or aquascape? If it’s hair algae I would try and get that under control as well, then add some clowns. Although damsels were typically used to fish cycle a tank and are hardy, I would wait for everything to get in check first. Best of luck and hopefully this all helps.
 

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Thank you all for the advice I will try adding some bacteria. Should I let it stabilize for some time then before continuing on with etc. a pair of clowns?
Monitor the ammonia level. Once ammonia is 0ppm tank is safe to add fish. Should only be a day to a few after adding the bacteria.
 
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Like they said earlier, I would keep the lights off during the cycle until things stabilize. Is that algae on the glass or aquascape? If it’s hair algae I would try and get that under control as well, then add some clowns. Although damsels were typically used to fish cycle a tank and are hardy, I would wait for everything to get in check first. Best of luck and hopefully this all helps.
It is algae on the glass but not hair algae I think maybe regular " green algae" I will keep my lights off then and let everything stabilize especially ammonia. One last question would it be a good idea to add some pods at the same time to establish a better ecosystem or should that wait to after ammonia is stabilized ?
 

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Remove the shrimp also if you have not done so. Then add the bacteria and when ammonia/nitrite reach zero, do a large water change and add your fish.
 
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