#cycling

Hey guys, Ive had my Micro tank started for a couple of weeks now just cycling. Im new to the reefing stuff and have been dosing Microbacter as well as chaetogrow. So far the tank is empty except for a few species of macro algae. Ive had to deal with some Majano Nems but all is well. I was...

Hello! I have this innovative marine 15 gallon that has been cycling for the past 3 weeks. It is a fishless cycle don’t worry lol. I wasn’t home for the past 4 days and I came back to the back of my AIO tank empty. Meaning the back chamber of the aquariums water disappeared. There are no leaks...

Hey everybody So im going to detail here my first build and most of all my cycling process with the seneye sensor. Im at my first salwater experiment but have been for close to 20 years into freshwater. This is the 3rd time i am using ammonium chloride to start a cycle in a tank and as im...

The bigger tank syndrome struck me a couple months ago and I’m in the process of upgrading form a 55gal to a 90gal. My question is that if I move everything from that tank to the new one and then add in some dry rock would my tank still be considered “mature” I should mention the 55 gallon has...

Hello, so I have an aquarium currently cycling. Its a 57 gallon with a sump. Total amount of water in the aquarium and sump is 57 gallons total. So I added the correct amount of microbacter quickcycl to raise the ammonia up, which is did and then caused my nitrite to go up. My ammonia is at 0...

As I am planning for starting up either a second tank or upgrading (from a 24g nano to a 125g tanks worthy of a tang), curious if there is a way to spend extra time cycling the rock / aquascape in order to grow out coralline before adding inhabitants. Since I am not in a rush and also...

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i am new to marine fish keeping hobby. And i was researching stuff on the internet on how to do the cycling. Its been around 2 weeks now since i started my “cycle” and my recently recorded levels are quite confusing to what my research is telling me. My ammonia is still up in .25ppm and my...