Welcome, just started a cycle on my upgrade. Isn’t patience awesome
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Thanks. I tested 0 last week for Ammonia and today was higher? Retested and 0. My main question is want to do a 4-6week (if lucky) quarantine for my first fish. If I let my display tank set for a month do I need to re-cycle
Dose or phantom feed?
ThanksThe bacteria in your dt (once established) are pretty hardy. It doesn't matter if you dose ammonia or lightly ghost feed the tank. Either way, it will stay cycled. Drop a couple of pieces of ceramic media in the dt now maybe. If it's in there for a few weeks before your qt is set up, it may get cycled enough to be a benefit to your QT tank. Just remember, once it goes into the QT, never put it back in the DT.
Nice being able to aquascape without time pressure.Welcome Home. Great looking set up, you can definitely tell its not your first tank.
Hello all! started up my new tank last month. I had a 90 galon fish/liverock/softy tank about 5 years ago (couldn't take with us). Now we are settled into our new home and jumping back in. Setup: RedSea Reefer 250, dead/dry rock, RedSea 90 LED (x2), IceCap Gyer 3K, (haven't picked skimmer yet). I am currently cycling tank and need some help. Rock was in separate tub for one month with dead shrimp(s) and Dr Tim's. Added to tank later.
Salinity 1.025
PH 8.2
Wk 1: Ammonia 3ppm, nothing else
Wk 2: Ammonia 2.5ppm Nitrite .5
Wk 3: Ammonia 1.25 Nitrite 5+ (Nitrate 20ppm)
Wk 3.5: Ammonia <.25 Nitrite 5+ (Nitrate 20ppm)
Wk 4: Ammonia 0ppm after 5/min .25/20min
Nitrate 0 (Nitrate 20ppm)
Should I dose tank again with Ammonia, add fish, or phantom feed? I am about to start my quarantine tank today (have extra media bag in sump from the start)