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hey shark, no reason to hook up the skimmer yet. no bioload, no need to skim. usually its best to wait untill you cycle then throw it on. before then you are just stealing food from the bacteria in the live rock, which is not what we want to do during the initial cycling process

Changin too much sand at once can drastically reduce you tank's biological filtering capacity. If you must change your sand, do it over a long period of time, allowing the new sand to be colonized by beneficial bacteria. To give you an example, if you are working with a 90 gal with around 50...

Kevin, Ick will not affect your coral, to answer your basic question. However, if left untreated, the decaying fish and the ammonia that follows will affect them. Cody

Hey guys What your probably smelling is ammonia, although usually its not that smelly after only 2 days. It never hurts to test your water, so grab your old ammo test kit. If it is ammonia then congrats because you are officially cycling your tank Good Luck Cody

Could you get a picture up? No idea what it could be by description. Cody

Re: Just exactly what is a "cycled" tank hey john The quick and easy way to tell if your tank is cycled...if you test daily, which is a good idea at 5 weeks, and you have a sign of nitrates and you ammonia is below 10ppm and your nitrates are below 0.25ppm or non-existant, your tank is pretty...