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hello. i have a 20 gallon saltwater tank. 20 lbs of crushed coral and live rock. about 7-9 snails and 7-9 hermit crabs, 2 false clown fish and a red skunk shrimp (all fish and shrimp are babys) and i just recently bought a power head, with the output of 600 gallons per hour. when i turned it on...

hello. i have a 20 gallon saltwater tank. 20 lbs of crushed coral and live rock. about 7-9 snails and 7-9 hermit crabs, 2 false clown fish and a red skunk shrimp (all fish and shrimp are babys) and i just recently bought a power head, with the output of 600 gallons per hour. when i turned it on...

so how can i get rid of them?

okay i have a twenty gallon saltwater aquarium with only about 9 small hermit crabs and 6-9 snails as a clean up crew, i got them a couple of days ago as well as 20 lbs. of crushed coral (sand) and 12 lbs. of live rock (already had about 6 in there) and im letting it cycle before i get any fish...

hah okay. hey i got a question tho. say i found some snails at the beach. they looked like normal sea snails. could i put them in my tank??

i understand and im not going to get an anemone for a very very long time, not until i break out my 55 gallon tank in the garage (1-2 years). and i wont be getting any corals until i get the right lighting as well. im doing all my reading while i set up the rock and sand and cleaning crew. and...

okay sorry its been so long. change of plans. i now have my tank at a SG of 1.022-23 and i have no sand or gravle in there at all. all i have in there so far is 6 lbs of live rock (i put the rock in before sand so if i get a crab or fish that digs in sand, it wont get crushed by the rock). im...

yes i have read it and my tank is completely empty and yes i meant SG sorry and its at about 1.014 and was measured with a hydrometer, i am doing a test every week and the water was kind of cloudy but is really clear now and the ammonia is about 1.0-0.50 (using a liquid test kit) so i think the...

can you help with my last post? the one above jennybugs

okay sorry it took so long to reply guys. i just got back from pets mart and got a liquid ammonia test kit (only ammonia) and the results (according to the saltwater chart because i have a SP of 1.014) and it looks like about 1ppm which is really confusing. is it beginning its spike of ammonia...

okay im leaving in a little bit. ill try to pick up some ammonia and saltwater liquid master test kit its just normal ammonia you find in walmart right? nothing special?

okay. and its not flake food its freezedryed bloodworms. but anyway, ill go check ebay for some liquid test kits and ammonia.also what kind of test kit would i need for brackish water, fresh or salt water test kit?

okay i just read the entire thing. i was told by someone that insted of ammonia i can just put some food in and it will help the bacteria grow and wait a week or so and test it again.

oh i have gravel, and ill try to get the liquid test kit asap. ill let you know when i do but i talked to someone and they said the high pH, ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate are because i just set up the tank, for now im going to let it sit and do a test about every week and after they begin...

i have a little log for them to hide in, and the rest are all little fake plants, and whats substance?also both the tap, and water in the tank are coming up with the same colors. so the tap and tank water are high in nitrites and nitrates

okay i just tested the tap water itself, ill let you know what it says in a couple minutes. i have a ammonia reader that just sits in my tank and it says about .05ppm why is that? if my water is new then why am i getting all these high readings?

yea which is why im so curious as to why my nitrite, nitrate and pH levels are so high???

okay umm i just did a strip test and apparently my nitrite and nitrate levels are in the danger zone, my pH is about 8.0 and about 120-180 alkalinity. how do i fix the nitrite and nitrite levels? is it because i just added water and stress zyme an hour ago? how do i lower the levels?

how will i know when the cycle is done?

i understand the drip method and making the spacific gravity low for the fish for the first time, it just, im not sure when to start adding the salt and how much to add

oh. i just did the full 100 percent water change, i used a new bucket and now its full, now i should put the conditioner and stress zyme in? and how long after that should i start the salt process? and because i already filled the tank ill have to add the salt with a different method, any...

okay so i just bought all the stuff, so your saying i wana put the conditioner and stress zyme in and after the cycleing is done then put salt in? so.. um how will i know when to put the salt in? and its instant ocean sea salt, it says for 1.020 - 1.024 i use half a cup for each gallon, how much...

okay, and thanks all of you. you told me to keep you guys up to date so just letting you know i just bought the siphon and took all the water out, then replacing some, and doing it again to make sure i get all the food/fices out. then took the gravel and rinsed it with a strainer multiple times...

okay. thanks and will do : )

will do, i want to make everything perfect for the next fish, the person is coming to pick up the little guy now, to his new home. Saturday is when i will do everything (just letting you know) i will be doing a full water change, new water with MARINE salt, adding stress zyme, and water...

thank all of you. i have decided to get rid of the puffer to someone with a 50 gallon loving puffer home that has been running for 5 years, and start a new. i am going to change all the water, get a test kit, marine salt, siphon, ext. and start from the beginning, make a new tank with the right...

okay will do. thanks

okay, if thats all i do, sounds easy. ill do it Saturday. bye

okay, so,take the fish out, drain all the water, put in new water, add marine salt,check hardness (1.010-1.015), add water conditioner, add stress zyme,and add fish. thats all right??

no i dont, but how long after i put the salt in do i put the fish in? do i stir the water in the aquarium when i cange the water and add the marine salt?

ha, thanks, how long after i put the salt in do i put the fish in? do i stir the water in the aquarium when i cange the water and add the marine salt?

oh, okay. i go get the hydrometer, test kit, marine salt, and syphin and just change the water and make sure the salt is desolved and is beetween 1.010-1.015? then put my fish in?

i understand the brackish and specific gravity levels but your saying i have to replace all the water, then put in the marine salt, and also let it cycle again?????

so i cant just put it in there huh? i have to replace all of the water? and then put it in? then let it cycle again??

yea but does this meen my water is fresh right now? what does aquarium salt even do???

great, so now my fish will be even more stressed out =/ whats the diference? what does the aquarium salt do???? so my water isnt salty? its fresh? my poor fish =/

oh?! i had no idea! crap. whats the difference, and how do i get the aquarium salt out???????

yes altho i have not tested the saliniity or spacific gravity yet, i have put about 3 tbl spoons of salt in the tank (aquarium salt) saturday i am going to get a test kit, hydrometer and a siphon

i have a 20 gallon tank, 20 gallon filter, and 100 watt heater, the temperature of my tank stays at 78-80 degrees, i had 3 GSP's in this tank until i found out i couldn't have so many in such a small tank, so i got rid of the other 2 (to a trusted puffer owner) thinking that my fish would be...