Hello everyone. Off the bat I am new to the hobby but have been doing research on different sites to learn before getting into the hobby. Now it's been 2 weeks now since we set up our waterbox 65.4 tank. We tried the fishless cycle using Dr Tims. In our tank we used caribsea live sand special grade and aquascaped using Caribsea Life Rock. We have been following the instructions for Dr. Tims but have come to a point where our
Nitrites are fixed at 5ppm
Nitrates have been at 80ppm one day at 160ppm.
Ammonia 0 to 0.25 ppm fluctuates
Those parameters have been like that for about 4 days now
we have no lights turned on and so far not seen any diatoms.
We put our filter socks back on day 5
We have not added ammonia again since then because of our high nitrites and what we have been researching but wonder what your take is on it for those experienced in the hobby.
Any help would be appreciated!
P.S once we can get the right parameters what livestock would you suggest adding first invertebrates? Fish? We are looking into adding corals eventually as well too.
Nitrites are fixed at 5ppm
Nitrates have been at 80ppm one day at 160ppm.
Ammonia 0 to 0.25 ppm fluctuates
Those parameters have been like that for about 4 days now
we have no lights turned on and so far not seen any diatoms.
We put our filter socks back on day 5
We have not added ammonia again since then because of our high nitrites and what we have been researching but wonder what your take is on it for those experienced in the hobby.
Any help would be appreciated!
P.S once we can get the right parameters what livestock would you suggest adding first invertebrates? Fish? We are looking into adding corals eventually as well too.
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