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02-24-2006, 12:02 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Astoria,NY
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Good cycling fish
Ohter than those nasty damsels,What else can I cycle with?
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02-24-2006, 12:05 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Southern Ohio
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A piece of raw shrimp, or just let your live rock cycle the tank. |
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02-24-2006, 12:07 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Astoria,NY
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Heard about that but how long will I leave that in there?Got cured rock in there already.
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02-24-2006, 12:10 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Southern Ohio
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That Im not 100% sure on. I cycled with Damsels. I know now that i shouldnt have, but it was before i found all the helpful people on this board. I'm sure one of them will chime in soon and tell you how long the shrimp has to stay.
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02-24-2006, 12:13 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Margate, FL
Posts: 209
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i am cycling with the shrimp, i was told to leave it in there for 1-2 days!
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02-24-2006, 12:14 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Astoria,NY
Posts: 178
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Take off his little legs and shell or everything in there whole?
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02-24-2006, 12:15 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Margate, FL
Posts: 209
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i just used it whole
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02-24-2006, 12:16 AM
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Spam Princess
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: portland, maine, usa, earth, the universe
Posts: 499
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I've heard the little green/blue Chromis guys are awesome to cycle with.. They're hardy like damsels, sans the 'tude.
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02-24-2006, 12:20 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Astoria,NY
Posts: 178
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They're cute but They've jumped on me before.Weird.Maybe being chased or something,I have a closed system now.I thought about it but they do better in groups.This is a 12g nano I just set up.
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02-24-2006, 12:29 AM
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Spam Princess
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: portland, maine, usa, earth, the universe
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Lotsa fish jump... In fact, I think almost all of them have the ability.... so it's always a good idea to keep things covered as much as possible to reduce the risk  |
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02-24-2006, 12:58 AM
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the shutterbug mod!
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: NE Wisconsin
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it's mean to cycle with any fish as the ammonia spike will burn their gills...  poor little gill-burnt fishies...
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02-24-2006, 01:41 AM
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Oh no...not again!!!
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Colorado Springs
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Just the die off from the live rock is fine.
I never tried the shrimp thing, but never needed to.
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02-24-2006, 02:30 AM
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Spam Princess
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: portland, maine, usa, earth, the universe
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Originally Posted by DebsSisterFlo
it's mean to cycle with any fish as the ammonia spike will burn their gills... poor little gill-burnt fishies... |
Wow... I never heard this..
I guess that means I made "Blue B@stard" (my little reef-nazi damsel) go thru it...
But at least I'm fair, I don't dish out what I won't wanna take...
So, I'll make sure I keep with my current habit of smoking at least a pack a day, so I'll burn my gills too 
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02-24-2006, 02:59 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Norcross, ga
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Originally Posted by zanymaster
Heard about that but how long will I leave that in there?Got cured rock in there already.
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it going to take 4-8 weeks for your tank to completed it cycle.. So your cured rock are going to cycle again. No harm there to your rock nor your tank.
I use Stability to cycle my tank and it took my tank a week cured..
Someone people will get mad at me on this, but yes I use stablility and it cycle my tank in a weeks and not 4-8 weeks.
That 1 short cut into reef and it wook for me, but then no fish harm in this so I guess I am on a safer side here.
Stability is a good stuff to cycle any tank with, beat the heck out of harmming some fish. You can get them at any LFS or petland.
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02-24-2006, 09:50 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Astoria,NY
Posts: 178
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I heard of Bio Spira does it in days but can't find it locally or that Weiss product called bacter boost does it in 2 days.
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