help pleeease

[GrooveMeister]

I am super new in this hobby, i have been reading alot and finally picked up enough courage to start a marine tank. (Still shivering)

I have a JBJ 24 Gallon tank, i removed the bio balls and ceramic rings, and just placed 7kg of uncured live rocks to start the cycling process.

a) I added coral sand as a substrate, very thin layer bec i read that thick ones can trap nitrites and ammonia was thinking of adding some live sand from a LFS. Is it advisable?

I just found a small black crab residing in one of my live rocks, should i remove him?

Is there any way he will die when there is an ammonia spike?

c) Its been 4 days, and already i see worms dying on the sandbed, is it normal?

d) The coralline algae on the rocks is turning white. Is this bad?

e) Will the coralline algae all disappear and is there any chance of it growing back once my tank and water parameters stabilize? Or will it turn to dead rocks?

I really dont know if im doing the right things, i dont have anyone to help answer my questions,i have been reading the threads but cant seem to find the answers, would really appreciate it if you could help.

Thank You so Much For Your Time.

[itchyhand]

I am super new in this hobby, i have been reading alot and finally picked up enough courage to start a marine tank. (Still shivering)

I have a JBJ 24 Gallon tank, i removed the bio balls and ceramic rings, and just placed 7kg of uncured live rocks to start the cycling process.

a) I added coral sand as a substrate, very thin layer bec i read that thick ones can trap nitrites and ammonia was thinking of adding some live sand from a LFS. Is it advisable?

I just found a small black crab residing in one of my live rocks, should i remove him?

Is there any way he will die when there is an ammonia spike?

c) Its been 4 days, and already i see worms dying on the sandbed, is it normal?

d) The coralline algae on the rocks is turning white. Is this bad?

e) Will the coralline algae all disappear and is there any chance of it growing back once my tank and water parameters stabilize? Or will it turn to dead rocks?

I really dont know if im doing the right things, i dont have anyone to help answer my questions,i have been reading the threads but cant seem to find the answers, would really appreciate it if you could help.

Thank You so Much For Your Time.

I'm not an expert here. Just a chatter.

I believe u hav a sump becos u said u removed the bioballs & cermaic rings.

But why u wan to remove them?

Having a DSB or thin I think doesn't make much impact so long u have a gd skimmer & critters that will consume the leftvoers & u do not over feed.

Buying sand from LFS can do if u wan to speed up the cycling process.

But I think there are some products that contain nitrifying bacteria such as Fritz to speed up the process. Even so it still takes time & patience.

Small black crab? I think u can leave it or take it out. Depends on u. Not everyone knows the species of everything. U can post a pic to make help easier. Else u r going to be ignored.

It is very hard to keep a PERFECT tank where only the gd stuffs live in yr tank. It is going to be extremely extremely painful marine keeping if u wan to do that.

Every coral u buy will have hidden stuffs. This is what makes marine fascinating.

Try to trap these parasites but don't stress out too much. Take yr time.

Crabs are easy to get. So die also never mind.

Yr rocks are uncured & cycling only 4 days. These worms most prob already die in yr rocks just dropped out. Even if they were alive, yr tank only 4 days old. This is expected too. Anyway when yr tank matures, yr worms will just flourish from other new LR u add.

Coraline algae turn white. It's normal. Yr tank is only 4 days old. Everything can grow back.

Best u can post yr tank equipments like lightings & stuff. U can buy a damsel fish & put into tank to keep u satisfied.

Ultimately, during cycling period, yr work is to just find some ###### or other stuffs to distract u from yr tank.

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