The reason (or one of the reasons) Andrew is recommending you dont have inverts in a cycling tank, is that you will have spikes of ammonia and nitrite which eventually level off and then, if things are going right, become non existent. The ammonia and nitrite is pretty toxic to most animals in the aquarium, and if they rise too high for too long during the cycle, they can kill most of the animals in your tank that are there naturally on the live rock and sand. This can include your small, usually unseen reef "critters" including your copepods, amphipods and the mircospic fauna not to mention snails, crabs etc. The goal is to allow the tank to cycle, and hope that the majority of these animals that were already in the rock and sand live through it (and usually, some do). Then, once the tank is cylced you add another infusion of the fauna, which then helps balance the tank and bring things back under control, thus eventually eliminating the algaes you have. Bottom line is there is a risk adding invertebrae, of any type, prior to your tank cycling.
Now, I noticed you said that the rock came from a tank just a few feet away. Are you sure this rock was already completely 100% cured before you added it? If so, how much water and sand did you transport from the other tank? And finally, have you tested for ammonia and nitrites yet? Answer these questions and maybe we can decide if your tank is actually cycling or if there are other things at play here. Shane C. > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Dillard [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 1:24 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Brown Brown and Brown > > thats the point!!!!! If you are cycling then you should have no inverts > or detritivores in there! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 3:46 PM > Subject: Re: Brown Brown and Brown > > Will make that much difference....I think we are splitting hairs > here. Responses I have received reassure me that the brown is a "normal" > part of the cycling process. > > Quote from a a fellow reefer: > > It is a common thing with new cycling nano reefs. You will find > that it goes away for awhile, and hopefully it will seem to come back. > The only difference with the green/brown algea that comes later is that it > will eventually turn to the nice pink/red/purple. Sometimes people don't > realize that premature coralline looks similar to diatoms. > > This supports what I have read in reference materials. > > Thanks for your Help! > > > > > > > > ________________________________________ LEAVING THE LIST ================ To stop receiving messages you will need to send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a command to remove you from the list. The list manager controls who belongs to the list. For example: -------------------------------------------------------------- From: John Doe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: <not needed> UNSUBSCRIBE --------------------------------------------------------------
