Hi All,
We have water in the tank! Currently we are 3 days in with dry rock, live sand. I added a few small crabs, snails, and two little shrimp. I hope these will produce enough ammonia to get the cycle started in conjunction with doses of Tim's One&Only.
Today, I took my second test for NH3, N02, and N03. Still not reading any ammonia, but seeing .1 nitrite both days and 10 nitrate on day 2 and 20 nitrate today. I understand the nitrate is probably what is being added with the Tims.
My question is should I not continue to dump Tim's into the tank as recommended on the bottle until I see some ammonia for it to combat? It's quite a lot. Will these critters produce any significant amount of ammonia to begin the cycle? At the recommendation of my LFS, we decided on a few inverts instead of one clownfish. Thoughts? Should I consider dosing a little ammonia?
We have water in the tank! Currently we are 3 days in with dry rock, live sand. I added a few small crabs, snails, and two little shrimp. I hope these will produce enough ammonia to get the cycle started in conjunction with doses of Tim's One&Only.
Today, I took my second test for NH3, N02, and N03. Still not reading any ammonia, but seeing .1 nitrite both days and 10 nitrate on day 2 and 20 nitrate today. I understand the nitrate is probably what is being added with the Tims.
My question is should I not continue to dump Tim's into the tank as recommended on the bottle until I see some ammonia for it to combat? It's quite a lot. Will these critters produce any significant amount of ammonia to begin the cycle? At the recommendation of my LFS, we decided on a few inverts instead of one clownfish. Thoughts? Should I consider dosing a little ammonia?