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Started cycling my tank 5 days ago with market shrimp. Tested water on the 2nd day and ammonia detected. But ammonia and nitrite was non detected today. Shrimp is already rotting in the tank. :sick:

Can it be that my tank is cycled? BTW I bought the the LR from a fellow reefer. You guys think its safe?

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to be on the safest side, leave it for a mth....i know its tempting but i dun think u wanna kill any fishes rite??

y not add 2 more prawns to spike the ammonia? wait till your prawn completely dissolve....

LR from fellow reefers definitely helps coz its got lotsa bacteria already, but wat about your sand? gotta give them time to grow bacteria too....

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Seems like a very fast cycle. They could be enough bacteria present in that matured LR you bought off a reefer to process the ammonia and nitrite.

But did you test for nitrite and nitrate during these 5 days... and what about the levels for nitrate now?

Anyway, I suggest you go really slow with your stocking and test for any spikes and give time for the bacteria to catch up with the new bioload.

Don't overload a new tank or you'll be asking for trouble.

;) Good luck, dude!

AT

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Thanks for the prompt replys guys!

Well as I mentioned, ammonia and nitrite is 0. Since its only been only 5 days, I have not even bought nitrate test kit yet. Wasnt expecting the cycle to be so fast. Will test for nitrate next and see what happens.

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