Okay, so let me start with, I know I did something wrong with the kit because I’m currently at the end of the program and I’m not seeing much action. Maybe I’m also not understanding the cycle process correctly I did have my days messed up when I posted here previously but recalculating I’m at day 17. Also I know it takes longer to cycle dry rock but I want to make sure I’m on the right path, but here we go.
Day one of water in my tank was Nov. 24. I placed 90lbs dry rock with 10lbs live rock from gulf live rock. The total volume of the tank and sump is 219L. Because of work I left the tank to it’s self. Skimmer was running, water flowing, etc.
I returned home on the Dec.4 and started the Red Sea mature program. I followed the guide and now I’m at the end. Nothing left to dose with.
Salinity is at 34ppt
Temp at 78
PH 8.0
Ammonia at 0.2
Nitrite at 0.1
Nitrate at 50
Dkh at 9
The guide suggested placing a cleanup crew but I was unsure even what they could do when I saw little to no algae in the tank. So I opted to not put any fish or CUC in. Around Dec 16 I did see a brown algae (diatoms?) starting to grow on the rock and sand. As of today it is starting to die down. I am seeing spots of darker green on the rock that started to grow around the 18th but it seems to be going away also.
Today I finally found chaeto and it’s in the sump.
So with all that I’m staring at my tank and I’m a little confused what to do.
If I need to add anything please let me know. Thank you everyone for your input.
Day one of water in my tank was Nov. 24. I placed 90lbs dry rock with 10lbs live rock from gulf live rock. The total volume of the tank and sump is 219L. Because of work I left the tank to it’s self. Skimmer was running, water flowing, etc.
I returned home on the Dec.4 and started the Red Sea mature program. I followed the guide and now I’m at the end. Nothing left to dose with.
Salinity is at 34ppt
Temp at 78
PH 8.0
Ammonia at 0.2
Nitrite at 0.1
Nitrate at 50
Dkh at 9
The guide suggested placing a cleanup crew but I was unsure even what they could do when I saw little to no algae in the tank. So I opted to not put any fish or CUC in. Around Dec 16 I did see a brown algae (diatoms?) starting to grow on the rock and sand. As of today it is starting to die down. I am seeing spots of darker green on the rock that started to grow around the 18th but it seems to be going away also.
Today I finally found chaeto and it’s in the sump.
So with all that I’m staring at my tank and I’m a little confused what to do.
- Should I just keep doing 2-5% water changes weekly and let it be?
- Should I start ghost feeding?
- Insert something else?
If I need to add anything please let me know. Thank you everyone for your input.