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I'm adding two Hydra 26 hds and went with two blue + and two coral +I know you have the same aqualife fixture but what LED's are you going to run? and what T5 bulbs did you go with?
Sorry you are having issues. I am running a Tunze on my 45g and love it (after I disabled the high water level alarm). I just installed the Neptune ATK on my Waterbox and it has been working flawlessly so far and the pump is very quiet compared to my Tunze.Well I think I'm gonna go back in a Tunze ATO, this XP Aqua Duetto driving me nuts. It squirts in water for 2 seconds and stops and this is happening every 5 to 10 mins I would guess. it's constant. I don't get it.
I watched a Dr. Tim video where he explained that the nitrite eating bacteria take twice as long to grow/reproduce than the ammonia eating bacteria. Not sure if that's what's going on with your tank. I used Fritz turbo, Dr. Tim's and Microbacter two weeks ago and I have 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites and around 30ppm nitrate after dosing the 2ppm ammonia. I have not tried the 24hr ammonia test yet.I have a stalled cycle I think, My ammonia dropped really fast but my nitrite hasnt dropped at all. I am using the dr tims method like this. http://www.drtimsaquatics.com/resources/fishless-cycling
I have done this in the past and it worked really fast for me, this time it seem stuck on the nitrite. I have 0 ammonia and about 2-5ppm of nitrite. The direction say dont add anymore ammonia until both levels are at 0.
It wouldn't hurt. It worked for me. I heard that every bacteria in a bottle company uses different bacteria strains.wow looks like you're ready to go! that's sweet! I was hoping I would be by now. I started on the 10th. I was thinking about adding a different kind of bacteria? Would that help kick start it and gets these nitrites down? I have some Microbacter 7.
Hope it works for you. I have had good results with it on my last two tanksStill having a problem with cycling, I've never experienced this before. It will take a day to take the ammonia to 0 but it stalls out on the nitrite and just keeps building up to extremely high levels. I've done water changes to bring it down but it never goes to 0. I'm not sure what to try, so I'm gonna give this a go, it better work for the price.
TURBOSTART 900 Saltwater (32 oz) Live Nitrifying Bacteria - Fritz
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I'm in the same boat. 5 weeks in and trying to be patient...lol. At least your rocks are more purple than mine.
I cheated and bought them like that lol!!I'm in the same boat. 5 weeks in and trying to be patient...lol. At least your rocks are more purple than mine.