Hello. Brand new to the forum. First post. Although I have read many posts for some great info!!
I have a 210g tank I got running 15 days ago. I filled it with some sand and rock from an old tank that has been sitting in a plastic bin for 2 years along with some new rock and sand. The rock is caribsea liferock and 40 lbs of caribsea live sand. I got some dr Tim's ammonia today with some test kits. I put the recommended amount 250gal at 4 drops/gal is 1000 drops I put in 10 tsp. at 100drops each. Tested for ammonia an hour later and it was 0. So I dumped in the rest of the bottle and tested again...maybe a little? Almost looked like 0. Sk I decided to test for nitrites and nitrates at which I got 0 nitrite and 25 nitrate...is this actually cycled already? How fast can the bacteria remove the ammonia?
Thanks.
I have a 210g tank I got running 15 days ago. I filled it with some sand and rock from an old tank that has been sitting in a plastic bin for 2 years along with some new rock and sand. The rock is caribsea liferock and 40 lbs of caribsea live sand. I got some dr Tim's ammonia today with some test kits. I put the recommended amount 250gal at 4 drops/gal is 1000 drops I put in 10 tsp. at 100drops each. Tested for ammonia an hour later and it was 0. So I dumped in the rest of the bottle and tested again...maybe a little? Almost looked like 0. Sk I decided to test for nitrites and nitrates at which I got 0 nitrite and 25 nitrate...is this actually cycled already? How fast can the bacteria remove the ammonia?
Thanks.