cycling

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Originally Posted by JohnnyReeftank

Add a raw shrimp or some pure ammonium cloride (from your LFS...not grocery store). Either that or add a hardy fish like a damsel.....his waste will be an ammonia source, but its not the most humane method. Make sure you do some research on cycling to ensure that you know what to look for.

Johnny no one, even LFS that sell marine fish would recommend using a live damsel to cycle a tank anymore. It is simply no longer acceptable. Although the fish may survive, reefers don't see the necessity of putting a fish through the stress of a cycle when a dead shrimp as you have suggested will do the trick.