My 75 gallon tank has been up and running for 3 and a half weeks now, started with a dose of microbacter, about 25lbs live rock (and 25lbs dry rock), live sand, and seachem matrix in the sump (no skimmer). Added a pair of baby clowns right away. Parameters have been consistently - ph7.8ish, nitrites 0, nitrates 0 and ammonia has wavered between 0 and 0.25. After a week my LFS suggested adding turbo start since there had been no ammonia spike and they didn’t believe that the cycle had ever started. Still no ammonia spike, or any other change in parameters so I added a royal gramma a week later in the hopes of adding more ammonia to cause the spike to get the cycle going. A week and a half later and parameters are still the same, all the fish seem ok. Testing with API.
I’m hesitant to add any more fish if the cycle hasn’t truly happened yet, but not really sure what’s going on. Thank you in advance!
I’m hesitant to add any more fish if the cycle hasn’t truly happened yet, but not really sure what’s going on. Thank you in advance!