Newbie in the Reef2Reef house!
Current set up: Fluval EVO 52l
Live Rock 6kg
Live sand 4 kg
Clean up crew:
1 emerald crab
2 hermit crabs
1 cowrie snail
1 narsuss snail
Fish - 0
Tank set up on 18th March 2021
Now lets cut to the chase. The LFS insisted that I get the clean up crew described above-I thought it was bit much to begin with, but they said it was necessary.
I've been using the Marine Labs test kit to test for ammonia, nitrite nitrate and the pH. Testing almost daily. I also have been using Microbe-Lift Special blend - 20ml a day for the first week.
On day 2 of starting the cycle these were my parameters:
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
pH 8
Salinity - didn’t take a reading
on day 5 these were my parameters
ammonia 0.2
Nitrite 0.5
Nitrate 20
pH 8.2
Salinity 35ppt
on day 7 I added 60ml of Dr Tim’s one and only and continued with the daily 20ml of the Microbe-lift special blend too
these are my current parameters on day 10:
ammonia 0.5
nitrite 8
nitrate 80
pH 8
salinity 36
My question is: is my tank cycling correctly?
if not, what can I do to correct my parameters?
thanks so much in advance. if there is a thread you can link me to, I’ll also have a read of that. But I think my dr Tim’s and my microbe combo has messed up my water already!!!
Current set up: Fluval EVO 52l
Live Rock 6kg
Live sand 4 kg
Clean up crew:
1 emerald crab
2 hermit crabs
1 cowrie snail
1 narsuss snail
Fish - 0
Tank set up on 18th March 2021
Now lets cut to the chase. The LFS insisted that I get the clean up crew described above-I thought it was bit much to begin with, but they said it was necessary.
I've been using the Marine Labs test kit to test for ammonia, nitrite nitrate and the pH. Testing almost daily. I also have been using Microbe-Lift Special blend - 20ml a day for the first week.
On day 2 of starting the cycle these were my parameters:
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
pH 8
Salinity - didn’t take a reading
on day 5 these were my parameters
ammonia 0.2
Nitrite 0.5
Nitrate 20
pH 8.2
Salinity 35ppt
on day 7 I added 60ml of Dr Tim’s one and only and continued with the daily 20ml of the Microbe-lift special blend too
these are my current parameters on day 10:
ammonia 0.5
nitrite 8
nitrate 80
pH 8
salinity 36
My question is: is my tank cycling correctly?
if not, what can I do to correct my parameters?
thanks so much in advance. if there is a thread you can link me to, I’ll also have a read of that. But I think my dr Tim’s and my microbe combo has messed up my water already!!!