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My system has been up and running for 7 weeks--I currently have no livestock. It cycled in 2 weeks. I was expecting to go thru the uglies, but to date, my system is totally clear. I used Dr. Tim's and after it cycled I used a bottle of Coraline Algae from Arc Reef. I also put a bottle of IO Bio-Spira a couple weeks ago.
I have 25-30lbs of dry rock and about 25lbs of live sand in my Waterbox Marine 60.2. I'm using Tropic Marin Pro Reef salt.
I added my protein skimmer 1 week ago and have been running my Avast Marine Spyglass reactor with Rox .8 carbon for 3 days.
My current parameters are (all done with Red Sea testing): I tested 4 days ago and have since done a 10% water change yesterday.
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0.5
Nitrate: 10
Salinity: 35ppt
PH: 8
Alk: 7.2
Calc: 440
Mag: 1400
Phosphate: .04
Did i do something wrong or am i just lucky? I would like to add a couple of fish soon, but want to make sure i have as much together as i can. Thx.
I have 25-30lbs of dry rock and about 25lbs of live sand in my Waterbox Marine 60.2. I'm using Tropic Marin Pro Reef salt.
I added my protein skimmer 1 week ago and have been running my Avast Marine Spyglass reactor with Rox .8 carbon for 3 days.
My current parameters are (all done with Red Sea testing): I tested 4 days ago and have since done a 10% water change yesterday.
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0.5
Nitrate: 10
Salinity: 35ppt
PH: 8
Alk: 7.2
Calc: 440
Mag: 1400
Phosphate: .04
Did i do something wrong or am i just lucky? I would like to add a couple of fish soon, but want to make sure i have as much together as i can. Thx.