First marine aquarium eager to start a new tank thread but didnt want to bore anyone with the cycle so curious how close i am.
I will start by apologizing as i am not testing nitrites and am monitoring amonia with an amonia alert badge as in all my fw experience the first two are a waste of time and resources for any higher level of testing.
My tank is a reefer 200xl g2 with 40 pounds of caribsea pink fiji roughly 25 pounds(total guess didnt weight and have about half thr rock left not counting the dust from breaking it up) marco rock(i purchased 60 built something i felt good with and have been waiting tonsee how much room i have left in sump after skimmer and reef mat go in as well as deciding if i want to more more in the display or leave the space for simming or plating monti) and i didnt dose anything i just dropped a nice size fresh jumbo shrimp in on the first of august.
Ammonia alrt badge went in last week and has read virtually 0 ammonia since i thought cant be right must be a bad badge. Buddy ssaid test your nitrates.
Now 17 days in and hoping i never have to use the hanna low range nitrate coloromiter? again i have a nitrate reading of 4ppm(3.9x10 for 3.9 ppm to be more precise) again ammonia alert badge reads zero sorry thats allni can give for params of the water other than it is 0 tds rodi and im running heaters to range 75-76.
Ibwas expecting to go a month or more for this stage until i realized i was running no ammonia and considering alternatives thinking maybe that shrimp isnt enough. Now that i see the nitrates are there...
Am i ready to turn the lights on?
Do i add anything before the evolutions start(i know most call it uglies but i loved the discription in the sticky cycle thread about this is basically watching how earth became oxygenated)
Most humanely:
When should i add the cuc?
When should i add the clowns?
Do i need to provide more information or test for more to help you give me better information?
I will start by apologizing as i am not testing nitrites and am monitoring amonia with an amonia alert badge as in all my fw experience the first two are a waste of time and resources for any higher level of testing.
My tank is a reefer 200xl g2 with 40 pounds of caribsea pink fiji roughly 25 pounds(total guess didnt weight and have about half thr rock left not counting the dust from breaking it up) marco rock(i purchased 60 built something i felt good with and have been waiting tonsee how much room i have left in sump after skimmer and reef mat go in as well as deciding if i want to more more in the display or leave the space for simming or plating monti) and i didnt dose anything i just dropped a nice size fresh jumbo shrimp in on the first of august.
Ammonia alrt badge went in last week and has read virtually 0 ammonia since i thought cant be right must be a bad badge. Buddy ssaid test your nitrates.
Now 17 days in and hoping i never have to use the hanna low range nitrate coloromiter? again i have a nitrate reading of 4ppm(3.9x10 for 3.9 ppm to be more precise) again ammonia alert badge reads zero sorry thats allni can give for params of the water other than it is 0 tds rodi and im running heaters to range 75-76.
Ibwas expecting to go a month or more for this stage until i realized i was running no ammonia and considering alternatives thinking maybe that shrimp isnt enough. Now that i see the nitrates are there...
Am i ready to turn the lights on?
Do i add anything before the evolutions start(i know most call it uglies but i loved the discription in the sticky cycle thread about this is basically watching how earth became oxygenated)
Most humanely:
When should i add the cuc?
When should i add the clowns?
Do i need to provide more information or test for more to help you give me better information?