I have a 12 gallon nano saltwater tank with 20lbs of live sand and 10lbs of already cured live rock. I has been running for 2 days. I tested the water earlier today and the pH was 8.2, the ammonia was 0, the nitrites were 0, and the nitrates were 5. Also, the specific gravity was 1.021 and the temperature is 78 degrees. When will it be done cycling? Should I do something to get it to cycle? I have heard that you should put a raw shrimp in the tank to create ammonia, but I do not know of anyone who has tried it. I know that I should wait and see if the levels stay stable, but how long should I wait before I can start adding fish?
I want to eventually have 2 small false percula clowns, a clown goby, a couple peppermint shrimp, 2 or 3 feather dusters, and a few hermit crabs. I am not going to add all of them at once, but I want to eventually have that much in it. Would it be too much to add a small blue/green chromis to cycle the tank with and then just leave it in there?
2007-06-07
17:17:00
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