I'm all wet!!!!

Time is coming for me to get a CC. I'm thinking mainly snails. But what kind? Astraea?

I also am probably going to get an Emerald Crab to help keep this bubble algae under control.

What would you all recommend?

Info if you need it:

20g display
6 gal fuge
10 gal sump.

greg, and bob, and tracy: thanks for the kind compliments!

I would probably go with a dozen or so snails, an emerald and a hermit or 2 and that would work.

Make sure you do an assortment of snails so they are not all compeating for the same food!!! But other than that peice of advice I concur with Greg.

Got home tonight to find my cocktail shrimp covered in what I think are pods. Clear bugs that are ant-like.. This is the best pic on the web that I could find of them.

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...ls/podpic1.jpg

Also, it seems that the pods have started to eat away the cocoon that was aournd the shrimp.

Round 3 of water tests was tonight. I'm kind confused, lol. Not much has changed. No signs of a cycle.

PH: 8.0
Ammonia: .0145
Nitrates: ~5
Nitrites: .01
Display temp: 78.5
Fuge temp: 78

The guy at my lfs sugguested to start running the skimmer at one week after introducing the LR... Well, That's today! So, should I turn it on? Leave it off? I really think he gives good advice, I just wanna bounce it off of you all too.

Also, he did say that I may not have much of a cycle due to the fact that my rock was already well cured and my sand was live sand from the getgo. What do you all think?

Thanks!
-JD

well jd i have 2.5 cocktale shimp in mine and my ph was 8.2 and ammonia and all others tests still 0 and i have a nice bloom of algie on every thing not sure what to think ??????.....

so much for the prity colared rocks i had ....lol



the emeraled crab what do thay eat if you have no fish in the tank and all th bubble algie is gown

lol. I don't know bud! I haven't had an algae bloom yet, but I figure its coming.

Ahh!!! The diatoms are coming! The Diatoms are coming!!! Run for your lives!!!!

Heh, its just in my sump for now as I'm runnin a shorter light cycle in the display than i am in the sump. I'm gonna start changing that today.

My shrimp has decentagrated (sp?) and i haven't had a spike of any nutrients. My cycle is near over! (I musta got some REALLY good rock.) My guy at the LFS said it was curing for about 3 months in their tank before I bought it.

The skimmer is startin to pull some gunk out. Kinda nasty. :)

Just figured I'd give you all an update! Hope everyone's having a great weekend!

Justin, I never had a "real" cycle when I set up my 10 gallon... just really good rock I guess, like you said, but OH THE DIATOMS!!! LOL!!!

lol.sweatpea and iconcs ...you guy are great .....well you all are