Hey everyone, I need some help.
Finally got my DT and have started the cycling. At least I think I have. My 29 gallon QT cycled in 7 days and the DT doesn’t seem to be on that same schedule.
DT has about 200 gallons of water (including sump). Salinity is 1.024, Temp is 77, and PH is 8.0. Everything is turned off except for the pumps and the filter socks are removed. There is about 180 lbs of dry rock in the tank.
Added ammonia (MicroBacter Quikcycle) and it’s at 2 ppm (API Test Kit). also added 250 ml of MicroBacter Start XLM (Instructions said 30 ml per 25 gallons). That was three days ago. Ammonia is still test stable at 2 ppm, but nitrites are still zero, zip, nada. Shouldn’t I be seeing at least a little nitrite build up by now? I’m worried the XLM I got was dead.
Jetson
Finally got my DT and have started the cycling. At least I think I have. My 29 gallon QT cycled in 7 days and the DT doesn’t seem to be on that same schedule.
DT has about 200 gallons of water (including sump). Salinity is 1.024, Temp is 77, and PH is 8.0. Everything is turned off except for the pumps and the filter socks are removed. There is about 180 lbs of dry rock in the tank.
Added ammonia (MicroBacter Quikcycle) and it’s at 2 ppm (API Test Kit). also added 250 ml of MicroBacter Start XLM (Instructions said 30 ml per 25 gallons). That was three days ago. Ammonia is still test stable at 2 ppm, but nitrites are still zero, zip, nada. Shouldn’t I be seeing at least a little nitrite build up by now? I’m worried the XLM I got was dead.
Jetson