Quarantine Tank - 16 Gal. Bow Front - Cycling and Salt Question
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, 01-18-2011 at 12:42 PM (1761 Views)
Hello All,
My weekend project was to build a Quarantine Tank and start it cycling. I built the cabinet from scratch wood leftovers and the tank used to be a red ear slider Turtle tank. All in all I'm impressed that it's straight and level... lol.
Now, I've read a lot about the various ways to cycle a tank and was wondering if anyone has ever tried the dead shrimp into the tank as a biological medium to start the cycle on its way?
And what is the relationship between temperature and salinity? do I want the tank temp at 75 degrees and 1.025 salinity or get the tank at 81-82 and then set the salinity at 1.025. This being for the Quarantine and soon the Display tank???
Thanks,
Aaron