[tanyashankles]

Here is what I have just to clarify any confusion...
1 (haywire) 10g QT. in it is:
2" substrate (crushed coral and live sand mix)
1 small piece of LR (about 1 lb)
small heater (keeping water at 78 degrees)
Jebo canister filter (300 gallon per day or per hour however measured)
Inside this filter is LR rubble, then foam filter pad, then blue filter pad, then white really tight woven pad)
ammonia level on QT is 0ppm
24 watts PC light
Started with water, substrate, LR, and canister filter EVERYTHING, off of main tank, even the canister had been running on the main tank. Does it still need to cycle? The QT has been running for about 3 weeks. But I had to start over when everything died because of the serious contamination.
No livestock right now.


MAIN tank: (levels are stable and fish are doing fine, just FYI on this tank)
55g
wet dry trickle filter with LR rubble and bio balls
heater (78 degrees)
60 or so lb of LR
devils hand soft coral (pictured above)
3 frags
clean up crew
little plain scallops
oysters
tiny little white baby clams (not fancy)
one 3 inch powder brown tang
one 2 inch scopas
two 2inch maroon clowns
one 3stripe damsel (1 inch)
one lawnmower blenny

and thats it... The jumbo hermit is in there in restricted space because he is aggressive, but as soon as The QT is figured out he is going back in there. I have a total of 5 fish (is a blenny a fish? if so 6 fishes)