cycling dr tims

Hey fam! So I’ve cycled many tanks and this is the first time that I’ve cycled using ammonium chloride and Dr Tim’s… not sure if this is because of it but my tank is cloudy and has a white powdering kind of substance on glass walls and pump as shown in the pics. I know a bacterial bloom but...

Hi everyone, I know everyone will be bored of the fish-less cycling questions and I sincerely apologise in advance. I have a 300L tank. I’ve been setting up since July. I have the aqua scape in place, made from dry rock. The sand is in place and the saltwater has been added. The salinity is...

I'm currently fishless cycling a 15 gallon AIO. Caribsea live reef sand and caribsea dry rock substrate. Here are my parameters and question. Using API test strips (sorry new to salt and I have plenty to use up!) Day 1 Ph 8 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 0 Ammonia 2 Day 2 PH 7.5 Nitrite 0.5 Nitrate 0...

Hi All! I’m currently on day 9 of cycling my new tank with Dr Tims one and only and Dr Tims ammonia. At first my ammonia was reading 8ppm but as of yesterday is now reading 2ppm. I have done a water change on Sunday and added a bottle of api quick start to make sure I haven’t killed all the new...

Hey all. I have a biocube 32. Currently on day 15 of the Dr. Tim fishless cycle. My current readings are: PH 7.8 (and dropping) ammonia .25 (and dropping ) Nitrite at LEAST 5.0. That’s the highest the test kit will read and Nitrate also as high as the test will read at 160. should I do a water...

Hello everyone. Off the bat I am new to the hobby but have been doing research on different sites to learn before getting into the hobby. Now it's been 2 weeks now since we set up our waterbox 65.4 tank. We tried the fishless cycle using Dr Tims. In our tank we used caribsea live sand special...