Need Info.

[Neonaj]

I am setting up my first tank I want to know how long the live rock has to cure for best results, and when I am able to add snails and crabs and stuff? thanks

[wharyat]

Welcome to TRT!!

Before you add snails and hermits your levels (ammonia, nitrite, nitrate) should be zero; around two weeks to a month. Fish and especially inverts, you should wait at least 1 month after levels hit zero.

[Tim224DT]

The longer you wait the better you will be in the end.

Tim

[Neonaj]

thanks for your time, hope it is successful.

[wharyat]

Just keep asking any question you have, we are all glad to help you along on your endeavor!

[Tim224DT]

Originally Posted by Neonaj

thanks for your time, hope it is successful.

We are here to help. I can promise you if you just keep on asking questions and posting and no question is a dumb question. The only dumb question is the one you dont ask. Just keep posting and reading other threads and i can promise you if you do what is told you will have a nice looking tank.

Tim

[Neonaj]

i have a skimmer problem also it fills with clear water every couple of hrs and i just put it up yesterday.
thanks for time everyone

[Tim224DT]

Originally Posted by Neonaj

i have a skimmer problem also it fills with clear water every couple of hrs and i just put it up yesterday.
thanks for time everyone

You are wet skimming to much. Try reducing the air to the skimmer and see what happens. It takes some adjusting to get it just right.

Tim

[Neonaj]

thanks ill do that hopefully it will work. is there away that the pump could be to big? I turn it pretty much all the way down to almost no air it still fills up.

[Neonaj]

do u need a skimmer in a 25 gallon tank? I also have the nitrate balls too. I dont think the skimmer is working right. Its a clarity plus system skimmer and nitrate balls.
thanks andy

[Phishnoob]

The skimmate should like like a Sobe Green Tea or a bit darker. Also, even though your water tests well your chances of stuff living gets better with time. I am a crappy engineer so I think a graph of time vs. tank stability can be either a parabolic or hyperbolic function..the nerds in the think tank can debate that.

Two months with a turkey baster and water changes every couple of weeks and you should be cool for a clean up crew.

The appearance of a bit of green algae and the disappearance of the brown diatom stuff is a good sign too.

[VWD]

Welcome to TRT!