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Mustafa what do you think? Are the temps ok for shipping? Is the brown algae mean it has cycled enough or should I wait until the green algae appears? I'm sure there is some green but it really isn't noticeable yet. The marimo balls are doing well. I'm planning on getting 20 shrimp. Temperature is i...

Thanks JoanToBa for the encouragement. I looked close at the tank and I am starting to see the brown diatoms/algae starting to show up on the substrate and the side glass panels. I checked the weather for our area for the next 10 days and see that it will be in the 40's and 50's next week. I'm wonde...

Tank is looking good. The water is crystal clear and the Marimo balls are nice and green. I got my hydrometer last night and took a sample of the water this morning. The readings were: 1.012 and 17 ppt. That looks like I got the brackish water parameters correct. Now we will wait for the algae to st...

I actually did put three small Marimo balls in there a couple of days ago. They look good. Nice to have something living in the tank. I took around a day to acclimate them to the brackish water. The top of the tank has an open section where the filter is supposed to go, so no problem with it getting...

Thanks for the reply. I was under the impression that you just had to set up the tank correctly and then given time it will go through its cycle. From this site: Set up a Supershrimp tank! Step by step instructions 7. Let the tank run for 2-4 weeks with the light/dark cycle running During this time,...

I started the cycling process today. I bought a 5.5 gal glass tank, added Instant Ocean Sea Salt at 1/4Cup per gallon (directions for salt water was 1/2Cup per gallon) to RO water. It took just over 4 gallons of water to fill the tank. The substrate is Aragonite CaribSea, Florida Crushed Coral at ab...