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Diesel · Jan 7, 2016

What have you done so far............. I mean with your tank of course ;)

Mandee · Jan 7, 2016

I have put in 3 bottles of the biospira and also had shrimp in the tank.

Diesel · Jan 7, 2016

Dead shrimp from the grocery store right?

Did you do any skimming yet?
Have wave makers going?
Maybe you can ask a cup of salt or a piece of LR from your LFS or any hobbyist close to you.

Mandee · Jan 8, 2016

Yes from the grocery store lol

Yes I emptied out the cup last night it was icky.
Wave makers are moving.

Diesel · Jan 8, 2016

Good morning!

Great, all you did is the good things.
Cycling with a shrimp takes some time.
Btw, you did remove the shrimp from your system all ready right?

Mandee · Jan 8, 2016

Yes I put it in panty hose so it didn't make a mess in the tank as well.

GOOOODDDD MORNING! !!

Hope you have a wonderful day

4FordFamily · Jan 8, 2016

Welcome home! You'll love it here! Keep us posted on that beautiful tank!

Diesel · Jan 8, 2016

Your Good morning must be better than mine :)
Well, I mean by now you can remove the shrimp in it's pantyhose entirely.
By now you have enough ammonia in you tank and the bacteria need to do their job by consuming that.

Mandee · Jan 14, 2016

Is this algae or the start of diatoms?

Diesel · Jan 14, 2016

Look like diatoms.
What kind of sand you have?
What I see looks like super fine sugary sand.

Mandee · Jan 14, 2016

Aragonite Marine sand it is super fine sand. I liked the look.

Mandee · Jan 19, 2016

Finally this cycle is going!!

Diesel · Jan 19, 2016

IMO you're good.

Mandee · Jan 19, 2016

Thank you !!

Aussie paul · Jan 19, 2016

Looks good to go let the fun part begin

Mandee · Jan 19, 2016

Can't wait

nbagnardi · Jan 19, 2016

here we go! so many fun things await you... a lot of not so fun things too but just do your research before you do anything. next, i'd setup a QT for fish AND corals.

Mandee · Jan 20, 2016

Lots of brown on the rocks and sand

revhtree · Jan 20, 2016

Mandee said:
Lots of brown on the rocks and sand

Yep! That's a great sign!

frogman_reefer · Jan 20, 2016

revhtree said:
Yep! That's a great sign!

+1. Just be patient for the uglies. When my 125 cycled I thought I was going to have to rip everything down. It was awful. Then a few weeks later; It was like a switch went off and the tank was crystal clear and the real fun began!!

If you keep doing what you're doing, you're going to be an awesome keeper of the reef!