I'm on week two of the cycle and I'm wonder why it's taking so long. I started the cycle by seeding sand and water from my established tank. I also dosed some Stability and Microbacter7. A week in I added a chunk of live rock from my established tank to accompany the cured rock in my cycling tank. Yesterday I changed the floss in my established tank and dumped the dirty floss into the cycling tank. I also drained the bio filtration media (established tank) into a bowl and dumped the crud into the cycling tank.
Ghost feeding for ammonia source.
I believe I'm hovering at about 0.5ppm ammonia. (Red Sea test, blueish/green) I added a snail briefly and he immediately went above the water line, so I put him back in the other tank as he wasn't having a fun time.
Any advice how to get this going is appreciated. I'm downsizing and really need this up and running soon as I gear up for a move.
Ghost feeding for ammonia source.
I believe I'm hovering at about 0.5ppm ammonia. (Red Sea test, blueish/green) I added a snail briefly and he immediately went above the water line, so I put him back in the other tank as he wasn't having a fun time.
Any advice how to get this going is appreciated. I'm downsizing and really need this up and running soon as I gear up for a move.