And its off to the race. Finally started cycling.
Using Instant Ocean to cycle (cheaper salt) and then will transition over to Tropic Marine as I do the water changes.
Apex probes connected and calibrated.
Salinity 34
pH 7.95
Temperature 78.5
Water cleared up quickly.
As I mentioned early I added 3 different bacterial start up solutions. Added those and then added the ammonium chloride. As you can see I started with 0 and after about 15 mL ended up at the recommended 2.0 ppm.
Did have one issue come up. My brand new Wav pump crapped out before I added the salt. One Wav pump and the return pump was enough movement to dissolve the salt. Now I have to wait around for a call from Neptune on Monday to troubleshoot. I don't understand why they just can't send it. (Yes, I updated the firmware, yes I tried different ports, yes I did the IT typical reboot....).
Using Instant Ocean to cycle (cheaper salt) and then will transition over to Tropic Marine as I do the water changes.
Apex probes connected and calibrated.
Salinity 34
pH 7.95
Temperature 78.5
Water cleared up quickly.
As I mentioned early I added 3 different bacterial start up solutions. Added those and then added the ammonium chloride. As you can see I started with 0 and after about 15 mL ended up at the recommended 2.0 ppm.
Did have one issue come up. My brand new Wav pump crapped out before I added the salt. One Wav pump and the return pump was enough movement to dissolve the salt. Now I have to wait around for a call from Neptune on Monday to troubleshoot. I don't understand why they just can't send it. (Yes, I updated the firmware, yes I tried different ports, yes I did the IT typical reboot....).