3 shrimp, 8 days and no ammonia

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  1. s76rick

    s76rick Flamingo Tongue

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    RO/DI water, powerheads running 24/7 and no tank light... still no ammonia spike. Shouldn't I see something by now?
     
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  2. inwall75

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    Did you transfer your live rock out of another tank? Lot's of times when I set up a tank for a customer, the rock is only out of the water for 5 minutes so I will not get an ammonia spike.
     
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    Live rock was in a cooler filled with salt water and a powerhead for a few days... not even 20 lbs of it. ? Haven't tested nitrites though.
     
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  4. inwall75

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    If your shrimp rotted, then you had Ammonia. It just means that the bacteria on your Live Rock processed it so quickly that you couldn't get a reading out of your test kit. You may or may not have Nitrites so I would test that now.
     
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  5. s76rick

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    Thanks Inwall75. I guess I'll check for nitrites after work.
     
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    One more quick question- should the shrimp be removed?
     
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  7. inwall75

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    Yes. I always put shrimp in knee-high panty hose to make removal easier.
     
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  8. s76rick

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    There's a one-liner in there somewhere, I'm just not finding it. ;D
     
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    well u have all the info u need coming from inwall but if the rock hasnt been siiting out of water then ur tank didnt do a hard cycle..maybe a soft one but now is prolly done and you can start adding your cuc..then after a week add a fish.. but def listen to everything inwall says..
     
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    What kind of test kits? How old?
     
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