After about 10+ years revisiting salt water again.
I think my Brute container has Cycled/Cured not really seeing a real Ammonia or Nitrite Spike and Nitrates haven’t really gotten too high but two weeks in I did a water change for sanity.
Brute Container has 15 Gallons of water, ~15 lbs of what was dry rock from a tank that was torn down. The rock was pretty clean but I figured I’d put it in the Brute container add an dr Tim’s ammonia and some Dr Tim’s waste away as an extra safety measure to clean the rock before I setup the display tank.
I’ve seen some post from Brandon429 post about testless cycle which has me wonder if I speed through the cycle using dry rock from a torn down tank, if adding ammonia and waste away really sped things up or if I haven’t seen the spike yet.
Quick summary below. Let me k ow what your thoughts are.
March 4th
started with fresh RODI and Salt
dry rock
Added 3 caps full of waste away
Added 15 gallons worth of Ammonia drops = 2ppm
March 6th
Highest Ammonia reading 0.15 (Salifert Test Kit)
March 10th
Highest Nitrite reading 2.5 (Salifert Test Kit)
March 17th
Highest Nitrate 2.5 (Salifert Test Kit) followed by a water change.
A part of me thinks I’m cycled/cured … figured I’d ask. I am still about a month out before I setup.
Either way TIA
I think my Brute container has Cycled/Cured not really seeing a real Ammonia or Nitrite Spike and Nitrates haven’t really gotten too high but two weeks in I did a water change for sanity.
Brute Container has 15 Gallons of water, ~15 lbs of what was dry rock from a tank that was torn down. The rock was pretty clean but I figured I’d put it in the Brute container add an dr Tim’s ammonia and some Dr Tim’s waste away as an extra safety measure to clean the rock before I setup the display tank.
I’ve seen some post from Brandon429 post about testless cycle which has me wonder if I speed through the cycle using dry rock from a torn down tank, if adding ammonia and waste away really sped things up or if I haven’t seen the spike yet.
Quick summary below. Let me k ow what your thoughts are.
March 4th
started with fresh RODI and Salt
dry rock
Added 3 caps full of waste away
Added 15 gallons worth of Ammonia drops = 2ppm
March 6th
Highest Ammonia reading 0.15 (Salifert Test Kit)
March 10th
Highest Nitrite reading 2.5 (Salifert Test Kit)
March 17th
Highest Nitrate 2.5 (Salifert Test Kit) followed by a water change.
A part of me thinks I’m cycled/cured … figured I’d ask. I am still about a month out before I setup.
Either way TIA