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  1. billgil1

    billgil1 Astrea Snail

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    I just wanted to say hello and that I am new to this forum and to this hobby. I have a 24 gal aquapod with about 20 lbs of live rock and did the wrong thing but everything is going fine. I have had the tank running for eighteen days now and I have a false perc, goby, and a coral banded swrimp in it. I took a water sample to the per store about about a week and they told me my tank was already cycled. So I added the abouve items. All my readings are doing fine but im registering 0 on everything across the board. I did cut my lights offs and just have my lunar ones going to prevent so much algae growth. I used ten lbs of live sand and twenty lbs of live rock out of a reef tank that was fully cured. Is it possible that my tank is already cycled???? Bill
     
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  2. omard

    omard Gnarly Old Codfish

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    Salutations! Glad to see you found way here!

    ??? Tank Cycled...Possible, with "fully cured" LR. You will know soon enough if water params go sidesways and fish start to die...:-/

    Hope for best.


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  3. billgil1

    billgil1 Astrea Snail

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    I hope so too. The fish are eating fine and acting ok. The temp is stable at 78 to 79 degress and the salinity is 1.023. I hope that I didn't act to quickly but only time will tell....Bill...
     
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  4. bmshehan

    bmshehan Fu Manchu Lion Fish

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    Welcome!!! What's done is done... watch the livestock you have and keep an eye on param. Your not nearly as overloaded as a lot of people, you may get lucky and squeak by!!

    Good luck and welcome again!!!
     
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  5. cuttingras

    cuttingras Starving Artist :)

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    Welcome to 3reef! :wave: You've found the BEST site on the web!!!!
     
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  6. billgil1

    billgil1 Astrea Snail

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    Thanks everybody for the great welcome.... I appreciate the advice and im taking it slow from here on out. I will watch the parameters on the tank and not add anything else for atleast another month of so...Bill
     
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  7. lunatik_69

    lunatik_69 Giant Squid

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    Welcome aboard mate. My suggestion to you is to find another LFS that wont give you bad advice. Even if I have cured LR and LS, your still going to go through the cycling process, maybe not as long as 12 weeks, but a cycle none the less. That LFS should know better than to sell you stuff that you dont need yet. Shame on them.
     
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  8. omard

    omard Gnarly Old Codfish

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    Be prepared for some quick serious water changes if tank starts to cycle.

    Get fish into holding tank...

    Hope all works out!
     
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  9. baugherb

    baugherb Giant Squid

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    Welcome to 3Reef>>>>>
     
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