Recent content by ggray-1

thanks and mabe I should go slow!

I may have done something dumb but now I dont know what to think, last week I set up a new tank and tried the dead shrimp method of cycling my tank. Its a 65 gallon with a wet-dry and about 45lbs of lr,I checked today my amonia nitrite and nitrate they were 0,0 and between 5-10 nitrates. Is it...

If I already have several pepermint shrimp can I add a cleaner and also camelback shrimp as well?

If I was to sit a bucket of water straight out of the tap and do nothing to assuming the water is ok to use other than chlorine how long will it take to be chlorine free?

Is this live sand that you can buy at the lfs that is prepackaged any good. The bag says the shelf life is one year. Can anything really be living after a month even in a bag of sand with a little water?