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  1. fotuskyt

    Cycling: water change or leave it be?

    On day 8 of Dr Tim’s fishless cycle with one and only and ammonium chloride in an IM Nuvo 15. Set up is mostly 15lbs dry rock and dry aragonite with maybe 5lbs of live rock from my 20gal so not starting with a large established bacterial population. followed the chart but only dosed the...
  2. T

    Week 3 of cycling

    Hello fellow reefers! I just past the 2 week mark of cycling my tank using dr tims one and only and dr tims ammonia. I used live sand and some rock from my existing tank as well. My current parameters are Nitrate 20, Nitrite 0.5, Ammonia 0. I got the same results from API and Red Sea test kits...
  3. Apayson

    Red Sea Reef Mature vs Dr Tim's One and Only

    Hi there, is the Red Sea Reef Mature Starter Kit & Dr Tim's One and Only manufactured to do the same thing? I'm wondering if it's a waste to have all of these products. Does the Red Sea Reef Mature Starter Kit place the need for Dr Tim's One and Only + Vibrant (which removes algae) Would love...
  4. ChandlerTingle

    Cycling a Saltwater Tank

    So I'm about to cycle my tank, it’s 38 gallon tank and I was curious what’s the best way to go about cycling? I have API Quickstart and Dr. Tim’s Ammonia chloride along with the API Saltwater test kit and tropical flakes that came with the tank from Aqueon Do you turn your Hang on the Back...
  5. graffitireef

    Build Thread Graffiti Reef Fluval Evo 13.5 Build

    Hello all, wanted to post some progress photos. Finally got everything so I could start building. This is my first time doing a nano and so far its alot of fun. I used Marco Rocks because I wanted to try something different and plan on making this a no hitchiker/no ich tank. Say what you will...
  6. Dloy90

    Dr Tims Cycle

    Hi folks, I've set up a Reefer 250 for my other half. She's wanting to keep sea horses with a few other compatible fish. We are using Dr Tim's one & only to cycle the tank and are looking for suggestions on what fish, other than clowns to use to cycle along with the Dr tims as . I was told a...
  7. Wrasse-cal

    Dr. Tim's Eco-Balance causing pH depression?

    @DrTim It seems Eco-Balance caused my tank pH to drop. Is this expected/normal? I dosed eco-balance yesterday as shown on the graph below, and since then, my pH has been dropping down. No upswing as usual when the main tank is illuminated. No other changes to my tank. Is this a result of...
  8. BGrand

    Cycling New Tank

    Please Help! I am starting my fishless cycling tonight using Dr Tim's Ammonium Chloride Solution and my plan is to use all three of the following: Dr. Tims One and Only Bacter7 Prodibio Bio Digest I want to get various types of bacteria in there for the cycle and don't mind it taking longer...
  9. MarineDepot

    See Success at Every Level with Dr. Tim's

    See Success at Every Level with Dr. Tim's NEW: Dr. Tim's Nitrifying Bacteria and Biological Filtration Products PLUS: Sign up for our Live Chat with Melev's Reef and Reef Dudes DON'T FORGET: 0% APR financing on Innovative Marine ends TONIGHT
  10. Ruben's Reef

    Cycling question !!!

    I got the QT running since Sunday with Dr.Tims the one and only bacteria. Now, following Dr.Tim procedures I did my first test yesterday night (24 Hours) and this is what I got on Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate. I will give until later today to do another test. What's your opinions or...
  11. LEOreefer

    Need some help with cycle

    Hey everyone i need some advise I started using the red sea mature program and decided I didnt want to continue. So I got a bottle of Dr tims aquatic ammonium here is what my ammonia is reading. It's in the <.15 category maybe .25. As per the instructions on the ammonia bottle it reads "add 1...
  12. LivinTheSwreefLife

    Fishless cycling w/Dr Tims.. is this normal?

    Hi, I am doing a fishless cycle for the first time (well, technically was fishless while cycling previous tanks, but always used well established live rock to start so the cycle was pretty much instant). Anyway, I put in my dry rock and live sand, filled the tank with saltwater from rodi mixed...
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