atm colony

Ok, so I'm setting up a new fish only 105 litre tank. The tank is filled, I've used dry rock but live sand. After quite a bit of research I decided to do a fish-in cycle using ATM colony bacteria. However, when I got to the LFS the assistant said that I need to cycle my tank for 3-4 weeks...

I upgraded my tank last weekend from. 105 litre to a 350 litre tank.. I used 20lbs of live sand arag alive special grade I put in about 3kg of rock from my old cycled tank and put in the siporax from my old tank that would have live bacteria on it. Water is 25 degrees, salinity is 1.026 ppm...

Hey guys hope everyones well. Been a few years but decided to come back. Needed a little advise please. So I had a 350 ltr corner tank that was running really well with a drum for sump but due to a silly fall off a ladder and absolutely shattering my wrist after several surgeries I have 30%...

Day 3 of adding fish after using ATM colony for cycling my tank. The levels are AMMONIA 0.25, NITRITE 1.0 nitrate 10ppm. When should i do a water ?

Hello, I have 2 clowns currently in my new reef tank (3 days old right now). I am using the ATm coloney method for cycling the tank. I have done a water test today that shows 1.2 ammonia, no nitrites but 0.2 ntrates. Is this right? As I am concerned the amonia is going to cause harm? Any help...

Hi All, Have just started my Waterbox 70.2 Reef yesterday using the ATM Colony route. Wanted to get an example of how peoples parameters read daily for the first week through using this route as i have not seen this anywhere online and want to get a view of how this approach has worked for...