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You already made me jealous with the bumble bee. Tank looks good.
There is a rule about upgrades. Has to be 10x volume of current tank, or more ;Joyful
Keep those pics coming. We have a meet and greet forum you can post to say hi and get lots of corny pics thrown at you if u want
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What are you following for the cycling?So can someone give me some insight on cycling, I did the red sea as directed and added snails but no fish. I never really got ugly tank but some cloudy water. My ammonia spiked and then my nitrate and nitrites spiked. So I did a 50% water change and it brought the nitrite and nitrates down the next day. Then on day 3 everything undetectable. So I started feeding the snails flake fish food. I still dont have any trace of nitrates or nitrites and that is where I am now. But I never really got algae but the rock do look like a white substance is growing in. Does this mean my tank tank is cycled?
I used the red sea starter kit with bacteria. Thank you for your reef wisdom. It helpsWhat are you following for the cycling?
You adding bacteria or carbon?
When you see spike in nitrite and ammonia you want to bring it down through the cycle not water change. I actually do not do watwr change during the first 6 weeks with new systems.
Cycling proccess is the proccess of building your biological filtration.
You will establish multiple strains of bacterial populations that will consume ammonia nitrite and nitrate....its natural proccess.
That start by spike in ammonia and nitrite, then when these 2 drop it means your biological filtration is building up and processing the ammonia and nitrite..
Make sense?
Do not do big eater change during the cycle you will slow down the proccess.
Expect you see diatom phase that later turn in to green algae phase.
Best advice I give you is to be patient and not try to cure the diatom phase and jump on every openion out there...it will pass just be patient.
Ok got. I have used this method while back...does it require a 50% water change??I used the red sea starter kit with bacteria. Thank you for your reef wisdom. It helps
Dry sand and rock. I paniced when everything spike so high so I did 50% but it said to do 5%. Dang itOk got. I have used this method while back...does it require a 50% water change??
I remember if you follow it you should be good and you will start seeing the phases I described withen 4 to 6 weeks.
That is:
Ammonia, nitrite spike.
Diatom and brown algae.
Then green algae.
Once you start seeing the diatom phase add snails and urchins. These are the right CUC for this phase.
Did you use any live rocks for seeding or all dry?
And should I be using a skimmer at this point?Dry sand and rock. I paniced when everything spike so high so I did 50% but it said to do 5%. Dang it
Thanks for video very helpful. [emoji16]This is some material about the nitrogen proccess(aka cycling)
https://www.thesprucepets.com/nitrogen-cycle-understanding-1380724
It's ok, it's not that harmful.Dry sand and rock. I paniced when everything spike so high so I did 50% but it said to do 5%. Dang it
Yup all equipment should be running ad its intended...imagin you have normal aquarium. Only diffrentce is: now you are raising bacteria not fish lolAnd should I be using a skimmer at this point?