polishreject1
New Member
hello everyone, i was giving a 55gal tank with all of the bells and whistles,sump tank,halide lites,2 koralia ,skimmer. i bought 80 lbs of live sand for a 4 inch substrate and 10 lbs of live rock to start with. i also was given 60 lbs of base rock which i put in the tank. i was told to let it cycle for 8 weeks,and to hurry it up put in a dead shrimp or two. i had the water checked and was told it was ok bought two clowns died in 3 days,checked the the water bad again. was told to "cook" all of the rock in the tank. cooking rock. i took all of the rock out of the tank but 3 small pieces and was told to put in a damsel Now have one fish, 3 pieces of rock turned off halide lite and have a t5 on for the damsel. check the nitrate lv aftera week and a half lv is 2.5-5.0 was told i should start all over HUH i need help i dont want to give up just yet. i would like a reef tank but right now any kind of tank would do.it has been 3 months since this all started