hi guys i have a new tank 650 red sea peninsula that has been running for 13 days i have cycled the tank with dr tim one only rated for 240 gallons and just emptied that bottle in the tank and a 286 ml bottle of fritz 9 bacteria , i am using aquaroche dead rock with real reef dead rocks and caribsea live sand , on the 2nd day i tested for ammonia and nitrite using api and saw nothing and tested for nitrate and it was 0.2 - 0.5 using slaferet which shocked me cuz i thought i killed the sand using rodi water which meant i should have ammonia then i added 7 green chromis in the tank with a small cuc that eat left over food and started feeding twice and three times a day , tested for ammonia and nitrite eveyday and it came up zero everyday
i kept all water parameters in check ph = 7.99 temp = 24.6-25 salinity = 1.027 and using trident with dos from neptune i used triton base elemnts to keep kh = 8.52 ca =450 =mg 1380
after the 5 days period of the dr tim instructions i stated the skimmer and the refugium with a small amount of chaito
then i started getting hasty and kept adding few fish and inverts and with them i increased feeding and fed 3 times a day
since everything was stable parameters wise and no ammonia and nitrite showed up i kept getting confident 4 days aggo i added 2 colonies of acros 4 frags of montipora 4 colonies of branching montis a colony of bird nest and zoas , mushrooms , two hammer corals , two clams and expanded my clean up crew of inverts
3 days ago i fed 1 cube of frozen food with two feedings of pellets i use rdo/hikari pellets , 2 days ago did the same cuz i was worried corals werent getting food becuase of how new my tank is even tho all the corals are happy
all the fish and corals are happy and fully open my shrimp are molting and breeding
nassarus snail spawned
all the signs say the tank is fine
then 2 days ago after i feed the frozen for two days straight i was worried so tested my water and it showed a yellow tinted with green but zero nitrite i panicked and ordered two 286 ml fritz 9 bacteria waited for the day after same resualt so i emtpted the two bottles of bacteria in the tank i stopped the frozen but fed 3 times a day with pellets
i kept testing the waster yestrday all day same resualt
i tested today and got the same yellow with green tent
my test is not expired but its 2 years old atleast
so i went to a friends house just now and tested with his salfiret test and it showed white color thats a bit cloudy which meant zero
which test should i trust ?
i also sent an icp and ndoc test today to triton to know for sure but i dont want to wait that long before it too late
Should i be worried ? And what should i do ?
i kept all water parameters in check ph = 7.99 temp = 24.6-25 salinity = 1.027 and using trident with dos from neptune i used triton base elemnts to keep kh = 8.52 ca =450 =mg 1380
after the 5 days period of the dr tim instructions i stated the skimmer and the refugium with a small amount of chaito
then i started getting hasty and kept adding few fish and inverts and with them i increased feeding and fed 3 times a day
since everything was stable parameters wise and no ammonia and nitrite showed up i kept getting confident 4 days aggo i added 2 colonies of acros 4 frags of montipora 4 colonies of branching montis a colony of bird nest and zoas , mushrooms , two hammer corals , two clams and expanded my clean up crew of inverts
3 days ago i fed 1 cube of frozen food with two feedings of pellets i use rdo/hikari pellets , 2 days ago did the same cuz i was worried corals werent getting food becuase of how new my tank is even tho all the corals are happy
all the fish and corals are happy and fully open my shrimp are molting and breeding
nassarus snail spawned
all the signs say the tank is fine
then 2 days ago after i feed the frozen for two days straight i was worried so tested my water and it showed a yellow tinted with green but zero nitrite i panicked and ordered two 286 ml fritz 9 bacteria waited for the day after same resualt so i emtpted the two bottles of bacteria in the tank i stopped the frozen but fed 3 times a day with pellets
i kept testing the waster yestrday all day same resualt
i tested today and got the same yellow with green tent
my test is not expired but its 2 years old atleast
so i went to a friends house just now and tested with his salfiret test and it showed white color thats a bit cloudy which meant zero
which test should i trust ?
i also sent an icp and ndoc test today to triton to know for sure but i dont want to wait that long before it too late
Should i be worried ? And what should i do ?
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