shrimp cycling in a bucket with lid, yea or nay?

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  1. Bogie

    Bogie Snowflake Eel

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    Just take an ugly piece of LR out of your 40 gallon, (assuming you have some LR in there) to put in the bucket with your diy rock and dead shrimp.
     
    Bogie, Jul 13, 2008
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  2. 1st time

    1st time Purple Spiny Lobster

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    The Bactria that you want for your tank to cycle live in and on the live rock and sand and filter. If you do not have any of these in your water you will not be cycling anything, you will just be wasting your time.
     
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  3. sikpupy

    sikpupy Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    So, shrimp in salt water produces amonia which sits there, stinks and does nothing because there is no live sand/live rock/filter media bacteria to get it past the amonia --> nitrite stage ?
     
    sikpupy, Jul 14, 2008
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  4. inwall75

    inwall75 Giant Squid

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    Nope....airborne bacteria will eventually land in this water and populate the rock.

    A piece of LR or a scoop of LS will speed up the process substantially but it's not required.
     
    inwall75, Jul 14, 2008
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