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theres a white substance sticking on my tank...
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Is it inside or on the outside? Looks like salt crepe if on the outside of glass.
Is it inside or on the outside? Looks like salt crepe if on the outside of glass.
do you think its a salt that did not dissolve
ughhh.. im gonna have to do my tank again
If it's on the inside then it's something else. How long has the tank been running and have you tried scraping it off?its on the inside
If it's on the inside then it's something else. How long has the tank been running and have you tried scraping it off?
I'd leave it alone and let it finish the cycling process. "Redoing" will only set you back. Are doing a fishless cycle or do you have fish in already?
i have one hermit crab i feed it with dried algae i dont want to add fish my tank is really smol
Especially inverts!Did you mix the salt directly in the tank?
Not a good idea to have critters in a week young system.
Did you mix the salt directly in the tank?
Not a good idea to have critters in a week young system.
Especially inverts!
With it being such a small tank, as you say, it won't be hard to do water changes to keep it in check. This will make the cycle process take much longer and I guess the other choice would be to return them (crab and urchin) to the LFS and get them or others back once the cycle is done.i added it already what do i do with it do i just mercy kill them...? then buy another one when my tank is established or just leave them there..? they seem to do fine they’ve been there for 3 days now
One more solution would be if you had a friend or someone that has an established tank you could see if they could give you some filter sponge or other biomedia and that would jump start your tank and be able to process the ammonia. Just place the established media in your filter and keep testing for ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate. Once you start seeing nitrate in your tests you will know the bacteria have colonized and are processing the ammonia.i added it already what do i do with it do i just mercy kill them...? then buy another one when my tank is established or just leave them there..? they seem to do fine they’ve been there for 3 days now
With it being such a small tank, as you say, it won't be hard to do water changes to keep it in check. This will make the cycle process take much longer and I guess the other choice would be to return them (crab and urchin) to the LFS and get them or others back once the cycle is done.