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11-09-2008, 03:29 AM
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Based on what I've read so far, Naeso sounds like he can be a bit abrasive. However, from everything I have read, he is very, very right. There is little sense in risking killing fish. When placed in an environment that is still cycling and there is a decent amount of ammonium it stresses out the fish and there is potential for death.
I've heard it before, and it's just hard. I mean, everyone just wants to get some marine friends in their their tank asap. I had mollies before when I had my freshwater tank. I think i'm going to pass on as much as I can, I'll keep my focus on first of all, getting the 30 gallon that I need setup. I heard someone talking about putting in a dead fish in the tank, like a shrimp or something from the supermarket. I guess that this idea is to raise the ammonium levels to be higher so that it helps the cycle come to fruition. Is this a better way of going about it? Should I buy a dead shrimp from T&T and help the tank cycle? Should I just leave it alone and let things just do their thing. ________ GSX650F Last edited by moldrik; 01-24-2011 at 01:59 PM. 
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11-09-2008, 04:19 AM
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 seriously though, cycling a tank with live rock is all you need. There is enough dying matter to feed the bacteria and there is no need for fish, dead hamsters or anything else. And for Oxymoron, if you put a fish in a tank that has fully cured rock, he probably hasn't suffered at all, so don't beat yourself up about it Using rock, once you have no detectable NH3, you're good to start slowly adding things.
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11-09-2008, 04:27 AM
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I think on that note perhaps a title change is in order. Im happy to hear that I didn't stress out the molly's and we did make sure that our ammonia was at zero and our nitrates were minimal before adding them into the mix.
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11-09-2008, 05:10 AM
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11-09-2008, 05:14 AM
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Well, i was quite surprised by how maturely he takes comments made against himself, so while he might be adamant about reefkeeping, he sure keeps it at a professional level, which is a good thing.
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11-09-2008, 05:14 AM
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You want abrasive, look through some of my old posts
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11-09-2008, 08:07 AM
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JDigital, that was a great post. I've read several pages in it and there is a lot of extremely interesting stuff in there and a lot of stuff that I haven't really gotten from reading a lot of books.
I mean, most talk about equipment, levels of different substances, how the chemistry of it all works, but nothing really focused on the biological cycle of a tank and what it actually means. How it starts and how it progresses, going from a "chemical" cycle to a more biological one. I think I'll let my tank do it's job and meanwhile continue to read more on the organisms that are playing up a big part in the tank. ________ sc2 replays Last edited by moldrik; 01-24-2011 at 01:59 PM.
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11-09-2008, 10:24 AM
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Hey Guy's,
I was actually given the same advice on using mollies to cycle and it was maybe three years ago. And it was also from my friendly L.F.S. So there you go. However that was not how I cycled though. But it was hard to get any straight answers, So I just plugged through and it all came together. For any one question you ask you get 10 different answers. I just read alot which generated even more questions. Fun Fun Fun, Go slow and enjoy every new creature you add. LoL ________ cheap volcano vaporizer Last edited by Leah; 01-20-2011 at 10:51 AM.
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