Welcome to R2R, Snyder. A lot to read, a lot to learn and a lot of good reefers waiting to help you on this forum.
Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
Thank youWelcome to R2R, Snyder. A lot to read, a lot to learn and a lot of good reefers waiting to help you on this forum.
I went to two LFS by me and their "live rock" weren't exactly what I thought they should be. they were just piled up rock in water with no signs of life or bacteria. Not that I know what to look for but one of the employees actually told me not to buy their rock to seed my rock...Did you use any lr rock to seed the tank. It would speed up the cycle.
Be patient, don't make any water changes.Ammonia was zero today, but nitrites were at the max 5PPM with the API test kit
ok so its been a month and I now have water in the tank. Doing a fishless cycle... ANY INPUT/SUGGESTIONS?
I have dosed with DR Tims ammonia and his one and only bacteria three days ago.
Ammonia was zero today, but nitrites were at the max 5PPM with the API test kit
Dr Tim says to do a watewr change to reduce nitrites to below 5 or I will stall the cycle, but ive read on here that theres no need to even measure nitrites during a cycle
I just wanna know if I should change water or be patient... And I wanna know NOW! LOL just kidding
Thanks will do. Add the one fish before CUC?Snyder, I use the same DR.Tim Bacteria and ammonia to cycle my tank. First, get a Salifert test kit for Nitrite and Nitrates. API didn't give me an accurate results. Few members here give me the advice to use Salifert and is good. Also what help me with the ammnia to check was the Seachem Ammonia batch. I have one on my DT and one on my QT. Do not dose more than once ammonia, the bacteria will work with the first dose and you will see an increase on Nitrites and then when the Nitrates get to zero you will see and increase on Nitrates, then you can do a 10% water change and add one fish only. Also, to keep the balance with the bacteria, you can add a dose of Stability. I got mine cycled in 3 weeks but I wait another week to add fish.
Yes I did. Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner! I only get notifications for a couple threads. I just installed the R2R app. Anyways I found a used eshopps RS100 and I set up a QT tank for a pair of clownfish. So far so good. I'm loving this! I wanna try and use this forum more cause MOST of what I've learned thus far has been from reading everyone else's experiences... [emoji106]Be patient, don't make any water changes.
Do top off for evaporation with fresh (non-salt) water.
Drop the API test kits (unreliable) and get something like Salifert.
Did you drill the tank at the end? Do you have a sump now?
Yes that's my plan. Instead of searching my question I will ask. I wanna be more involved [emoji4]That's a very good course of action but don't skip on asking questions when something's not clear.