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11-30-2008, 09:45 AM
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I would add them as you see fit. Do you have a lot of algea in the tank? Are there any problems that bringing in a clean up crew is required? I would suggest adding some snails, maybe 1 per 5 gallons, or something like that. Add enough for 1/2 of the tank, if they aren't maintaining it properly, add more later. There is no sense for you to bring in a ridiculous number of new critters into your system. It might throw your cycle off whack, since it's a young tank. As I've heard, I probably wouldn't even add cleaners unless you're trying to solve an issue.
Start with a small, hardy fish for your tank, possibly some snails. You want to add your smallest fish first, biggest fish should be the one you add last so that the territories work out. Corals, add later. If you're gonna add any clean up crew, add snails. Crabs will attack other critters as well, so you don't want too many otherwise they'll fight. You want to balance things out. ________ Yamaha TY250 Last edited by moldrik; 01-24-2011 at 02:04 PM. 
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Here's a link to a thread discussing J&L's clean up crew package.
http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=46769 ________ vaporizer guide Last edited by moldrik; 01-24-2011 at 02:04 PM.
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11-30-2008, 07:07 PM
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yea thank you i read that after i posted my question and then my wireless kicked out so i didnt bother to try and get it back and edit...
i have a little bit of red looking algae which i assume was from huge amounts of ammonia or lack of flow but since then i grabbed a few loc line tees and now i have 4 outlets from my sump return and 4 from my CL and it seems to be doing the trick. that makes sense on 1 per 5 G for half tank why waste money if unnessessary
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11-30-2008, 07:19 PM
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Have you only added the rock from the barrel? did you add any live snad or rock to seed the rest of this rock? chances are after being stagnant for that long are that all your organisms have died off therefore there is no good bacteria to cycle this tank which would be why you didnt see anything when you added the rocks. in my experiences i notice the tank starts to cycle on the second day after adding rock .
Please soemone correct me if i am wrong.
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11-30-2008, 08:11 PM
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If his nitrites and nitrates were high and they are coming down that means that there are denitrifying bacteria in his tank. Which is technically what we're trying to achieve (minimally) from a cycle.
I've been wanting to really put some fish in my tank ( all my stuff is at 0 ) and my dKH is at a good level, etc.. But a hitchhiker feather duster that was in my tank split yesterday into 2, I noticed a lot more brittle stars and there are now what they seem like copepods swimming and running around the tank. So, I'm gonna let the tank sit there, growing on its own for a while further. In the end, I think that's what we want to achieve before adding anything, creating that microcosm where there are a lot of different types of organisms, all playing different parts. ________ maryjane Last edited by moldrik; 01-24-2011 at 02:04 PM.
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