Urgent need advice, please

[Hiver]

Hello,

I am cycling my new 90 gal and in the live rock that I bought
where 2 shrimps, I am not certain of the name but, I think candy
shrimp they are red with white stripes. Will they survive the cycling
or I am better to try and get them out.

The setup is plenum with 3.5 inch cruched coral, I bought 20 pounds on
live sand and 30 pounds of live rock. I put RO water Friday and the
salt yesterday put the live rock and sand.

Thanks in advance.

[JR]

they should be fine and will help with cycling



JR,

[Dragon Slayer]

from the "candy cane" description, I would just guess they are CBS (coral
banded shrimp) and they do not tolerate high amounts of NO2, NO3, or NH4.
and unless they are a mated pair, they will kill one another soon enough.

But if they die............................. like JR said, they will help
with the cycle.

kc


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[Hiver]

I am certain they are not coral banded, coral banded have long arms
with claws. They are red with little with stripes running all there
body long.

Usualy does shrimp survive cycling? I was very surprised to see that
they add survive out of watter for at least 7 hours in the live rock.

Thanks

"Dragon Slayer" > wrote in message >...
> from the "candy cane" description, I would just guess they are CBS (coral
> banded shrimp) and they do not tolerate high amounts of NO2, NO3, or NH4.
> and unless they are a mated pair, they will kill one another soon enough.
>
> But if they die............................. like JR said, they will help
> with the cycle.
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> kc
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> "JR" > wrote in message
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> > they should be fine and will help with cycling
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[JR]

They might be pepermint or camel shrimp.

Pretty tough critters they will survive the cycle process
more than likely I wouldn't worry about them.



JR,

[mjd]

I would go with camel or peppermint. They WILL definitely die during
your cycle unless you bought cured live rock. If you bought cured
live rock their is about a 50/50 chance they will die curing a
mini-cycle.

good luck.

MJD






"JR" > wrote in message >...
> They might be pepermint or camel shrimp.
>
> Pretty tough critters they will survive the cycle process
> more than likely I wouldn't worry about them.
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> JR,

[Hiver]

Thanks for the info. I also saw a little crab, I will investigate to
see if he is reef frendly.

Ken

"JR" > wrote in message >...
> They might be pepermint or camel shrimp.
>
> Pretty tough critters they will survive the cycle process
> more than likely I wouldn't worry about them.
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> JR,

[Pszemol]

It is interesting story about shrimps surviving in waterless transport.
Where did you get your life rock from?

I would rather take them out, they probably not survive amonia/nitrite peaks
if you are cycling from the beginning whithout substrate from a working tank.

"Hiver" > wrote in message om...
> I am certain they are not coral banded, coral banded have long arms
> with claws. They are red with little with stripes running all there
> body long.
>
> Usualy does shrimp survive cycling? I was very surprised to see that
> they add survive out of watter for at least 7 hours in the live rock.
>
> Thanks
>
> "Dragon Slayer" > wrote in message >...
> > from the "candy cane" description, I would just guess they are CBS (coral
> > banded shrimp) and they do not tolerate high amounts of NO2, NO3, or NH4.
> > and unless they are a mated pair, they will kill one another soon enough.
> >
> > But if they die............................. like JR said, they will help
> > with the cycle.
> >
> > kc
> >
> >
> > "JR" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > they should be fine and will help with cycling
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > JR,
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> > >