KendraRae
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Now that my 75 gallon is stable and all looks well, I decided to cycle my 13.5 gallon. I used live rock from the pet store, one rock from my 75 gallon, Dr. Tim's One and Only and the Ammonia. I have an inTank Media Basket in Chamber 2, no skimmer. I have a PopBloom RL60 Light. The only thing in the tank are some snails. My 75 gallon is 5 months old and I never went through an ugly stage (yet 
) so I'm not sure what I'm looking at here. Nor how to deal with it.. maybe more snails? Or, just let it play out if it's the ugly phase.
Here are the parameters from earlier today before I did ~5 gallon water change.
(Salifert and Hanna)
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate (Hanna) 6.4
Phosphate (Hanna) 0.05
Alkalinity 9
Salinity 1.026
Temperature 78
Ph 8.3
Magnesium 1395
Calcium 480
I've also attached my light schedule
Thanks in advance!
) so I'm not sure what I'm looking at here. Nor how to deal with it.. maybe more snails? Or, just let it play out if it's the ugly phase. Here are the parameters from earlier today before I did ~5 gallon water change.
(Salifert and Hanna)
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate (Hanna) 6.4
Phosphate (Hanna) 0.05
Alkalinity 9
Salinity 1.026
Temperature 78
Ph 8.3
Magnesium 1395
Calcium 480
I've also attached my light schedule
Thanks in advance!
