quick cycle Question

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honestly now....about how long into a cycle does it take for algea and what not to bloom!
i added NSW to start off the tank all params are in check
and the only part of the cycle visible so far was really cloudy water!
the tank is Crystal Clear now
the rock in their is not live! it was comnpletely dead (base rock)
and so was the sand......
was the cycle super quick becuz of the natural (already) salt water?
plz help me in figuring out:)

not bad.....were the hell can i find a local distributor?
i wouldnt even know were to look......the lfs?

I dont mean to be the gloomy guss here but you cant keep one Mandarin in that size tank.

No? Not like they swim much.

i actually had a cpl ppl on Nano-Reef tell me i might be able to get away with one as the only in the tank. due to the fact that all they do is eat. and barely swim at all.
that i can play it off for a while
i do plan on upgrading soon! iv been looking for a bigger place and i think i found a winner....so in a cpl months ill go from pico to 40 breeder or even better....my 35 dallar 110g:) reef ready

they are the hummingbirds of the fish world they are constantly eating.
30 gallon minimum
You need to have a minimum of 75 lbs of Live Rock.
strongly recommend having a working refugium incorporated and teaming with 'pods' of all kinds.
it will just slowly starve to death.

youre right all they do is eat! thats where the problem is if you can't supply enough copepods it will die.

these arent the Regular mandarins!
these i think are smaller and dont eat pods! AT ALL!!!!! so the need for all that you listed wont be neccesary i think

check em out
http://blog.aquanerd.com/2010/08/ora-unleashes-blue-mandarin-onto-the-public.html

Yeah these are ORA blue mandarins. They've been eating frozen, flake, brine shrimp, and chopped up blood worms for six months before they leave ORA. If it's the only thing in the tank, you just turn the power heads off to feed it.

These will actually starve to death because they WON'T eat pods from several of the forum threads I've seen.

ooh and lack of pods turns them homosexual

Quote :

The males will gather in groups of 2 to 4 fish and try to spawn with each other. When the females come close they aggressively chase them away. When the males aren’t trying to spawn with one another they are busy chasing each other and nipping fins. You may see a little bit of fin damage in some of the fish that we will be shipping out, we expect this to heal up quickly and we ask for your patience and understanding.

wha??? lol

yea i saw that! LOL
now i just gotta locate a distibutor
any ideas on were to locate one?

lfs?

yea................were would you order from?
is their a place in TX? near ya?

google ORA and your area (Fontana Ca)

thank you:)

http://www.orafarm.com/hobbyists.html

heres what i found! they dont sell straight up to hobbiests! only to licensed shops!