Hi! I’ve started a saltwater tank on 14th August and I have some strage problems with it. I’ve added 25kg of live rock and 20 kg of live sand and some nitrifying bacteria. I didn’t added any amonnia source after that because I thinked that some of the organic stuff on those rock will break down. So after 9 days my readings were 0 amonnia, 0 nitrite, 50 nitrate. So I thought my cycling stage was finished so I’ve made a 30% water change.
After that I have bought 4 shrimps 1 clown fish and 1 damsel fish. After one day in the thank they were hard breathing and red gills, the shrimps looked ok. So I thought omg, I still have amonnia in my tank. So I tushed to the fish store and bought Sachem prime with sachem stability. I saved the livestock in my tank with those 2 but the readings for ammonia are 2.0, nitrite 0 and the nitrate 50!!! So the cycling stage is not finished, right? I have high nitrates because of the salt I use? Redsea coral pro? I have a refugium in my sump but the algea is to small to consume those nitrates. I can’t add NOPOX because my skimmer didn’t arrived yet. Even if I change 50% of the water in 5 hours the readings will be the same.
How can I cycle the tank in this stage? I’m adding 10ml of sachem stability every day. And how can I lower the nitrates. Those can’t come from the nytryfing bacteria because my amonnia is too high so my cycling stage is not done.
And Some green algae started to build on the back glass of my aquarium
Can you help me? I really want to save my livestock. The look ok only because I use Sachem products everyday
After that I have bought 4 shrimps 1 clown fish and 1 damsel fish. After one day in the thank they were hard breathing and red gills, the shrimps looked ok. So I thought omg, I still have amonnia in my tank. So I tushed to the fish store and bought Sachem prime with sachem stability. I saved the livestock in my tank with those 2 but the readings for ammonia are 2.0, nitrite 0 and the nitrate 50!!! So the cycling stage is not finished, right? I have high nitrates because of the salt I use? Redsea coral pro? I have a refugium in my sump but the algea is to small to consume those nitrates. I can’t add NOPOX because my skimmer didn’t arrived yet. Even if I change 50% of the water in 5 hours the readings will be the same.
How can I cycle the tank in this stage? I’m adding 10ml of sachem stability every day. And how can I lower the nitrates. Those can’t come from the nytryfing bacteria because my amonnia is too high so my cycling stage is not done.
And Some green algae started to build on the back glass of my aquarium
Can you help me? I really want to save my livestock. The look ok only because I use Sachem products everyday