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For the last 7 years ive kept a 90 gallon salt tank, mostly corals. 4weeks ago my area lost power for 7 days and I lost everything. Silver lining, I'm going to convert to freshwater. Anyway in the planning stage pleasedto meet all if you
derekt

dabinla.... welcome to TFK. Glad you joined us.

I'm so sorry to hear of your loss. That is heartbreaking!!! What kind of fish did you have?

hello and welcome to the fresh side. :-D

Aww :x Welcome to TFK

Hi All,
sorry for not responding sooner. also rereading my above post, sorry about the mispellings, i sent that from my kindle and boy do i dislike that keyboard.
anyway, i had a pair of clowns, 2 pajama cardinals, a file fish. as i said the bulk of the tank was taken up w/ corals and my heart is breaking to even think of the loss. for instance i had an octopus coral w/ about 30 heads on it.

ok onto more positve things...i have set up my 60 gallon w/ some plants and 12 rasboras. i set the tank up on Saturday 1/21/12 and as of today there has been no ammonia in the tank at all. is this normal? should i add a little more to the bio load to jump start the ammonia spike? i feed the rasboras for the first time last night a tiny amount of food.
thanks
Derek

welcome to the forum.

have you got any plants in there at all ?

Yes you did say you have some plants didn't you? How many do you have in there? Plants will take up the Ammonia and you won't see a spike but I don't know how many plants it takes vs the number of fish. It's only been 4 days... right? Cycling without plants can take up to 6-8 weeks and with 60 gallons of water you might not see anything for a couple of weeks. Do you have an API Freshwater testing kit?
Anyway, the more plants the better. Good luck with this new set up!

Yes, I have a dozen plants...jungle val, corkscrew val, Anubis, some different cyrptos, Wisteria. Thanks for the replies. So more plants? Can I add loaches or do I just need to sit tight for a few weeks?
Thanks
Derek