Ok, I added my shrimp Monday night.. Tuesday afternoon I added a few pellets. My salinity was really high so I water changed 3gallons last night and today Salinity is good. According to the charts its where it should be. 1.025. So I just tested everything since the rotting shrimp and water...

Hey All, I think my tank has finally finished it's cycle, nitrite finally and rapidly dropped to zero, nitrate is on its way down as well, I have supplemented it to the correct levels of dKH, Ca2+ and Mg As you can see from the photo there is allot allot of algae Mostly green, with hair algae...

Ok I went to the LFS today and just looking and when I told the guy about my tank he said I haven't started a cycle yet(Search general reef discussion for "project coraline") 10gal with 3lbs LR, 3 hermits, 5 snails. My levels are good but he told me without a damsel to start things up i might...