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Hi this is my 4th week of cycling
Running skimmer from day one except after dosing microbacter7 i turned it off for 3 hours a day for first two weeks
I know that every cycling is different, i use ghost feeding methode
after amonia spike , i get nitrite reading om second week, and two days later i have nitrite spike
I was away for few days, when i test my parameter was amonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate was arround 3 -5 ppm (seachem)
I add chaeto at second week because its hard to find one for sale or give, so when its available i just grab it and put it in my sump
This is my 4th week but nitrate always at 3-5ppm
Iam waitting for nitrate spike to happen so i can do water change
Question is
1. Am i cycling slower because i didnt see any diatoms on my main tank ( i use ati t5 and turned it on week 2 running as if there was corals in there) but my sump is getting this diatom bloom
2. Is it okay not to have the nitrate spike? Am i adding the chaeto too soon? Should i do the water change anyway? I want to add my first fish
Running skimmer from day one except after dosing microbacter7 i turned it off for 3 hours a day for first two weeks
I know that every cycling is different, i use ghost feeding methode
after amonia spike , i get nitrite reading om second week, and two days later i have nitrite spike
I was away for few days, when i test my parameter was amonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate was arround 3 -5 ppm (seachem)
I add chaeto at second week because its hard to find one for sale or give, so when its available i just grab it and put it in my sump
This is my 4th week but nitrate always at 3-5ppm
Iam waitting for nitrate spike to happen so i can do water change
Question is
1. Am i cycling slower because i didnt see any diatoms on my main tank ( i use ati t5 and turned it on week 2 running as if there was corals in there) but my sump is getting this diatom bloom
2. Is it okay not to have the nitrate spike? Am i adding the chaeto too soon? Should i do the water change anyway? I want to add my first fish