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I got the Seachem Fusion 2 last night. I boosted my Alk to an 8.3 reading last night. This morning I'm at 8.13.
Alk.......... 8.13 (Trident)
Cal.......... 423 (Trident)
Mag........ 1310 (Trident)
PH.......... 8.04 (Apex Probe)
Salinity.. 35.1 (Apex Probe)
Nitrate.. 0ppm (API Reagent in ReefBot)
Phos..... 0.5 - 1ppm (API Reagent in ReefBot)
Temp.... 77 (Apex Probe)
My nitrates are at zero this morning.
My Sulfur Denitrator is NOT working yet. It has not cycled yet. That usually takes about 3 weeks to a month to start lowering nitrates.
My Algae Reactor is NOT hooked up yet. I have no micro or macro algae yet.
Maybe I got the tank completely cycled the way I planned it out to go from ammonia to nitrite to nitrate to nitrogen gas bubbling out the tank.
If this is the case, I will have to start dosing nitrates pretty soon.
EDIT:
I did a manual test of nitrates and got at least 5.0 (new API reagents). I will put new reagents in ReefBot and test nitrates again.
I broke down and added 2 small damsels to keep the cycle going.
I did not want to add fish yet but I need a constant ammonia source and hopefully add a little bit of nitrates back to the system.
Pics to come.
Alk.......... 8.13 (Trident)
Cal.......... 423 (Trident)
Mag........ 1310 (Trident)
PH.......... 8.04 (Apex Probe)
Salinity.. 35.1 (Apex Probe)
Nitrate.. 0ppm (API Reagent in ReefBot)
Phos..... 0.5 - 1ppm (API Reagent in ReefBot)
Temp.... 77 (Apex Probe)
My nitrates are at zero this morning.
My Sulfur Denitrator is NOT working yet. It has not cycled yet. That usually takes about 3 weeks to a month to start lowering nitrates.
My Algae Reactor is NOT hooked up yet. I have no micro or macro algae yet.
Maybe I got the tank completely cycled the way I planned it out to go from ammonia to nitrite to nitrate to nitrogen gas bubbling out the tank.
If this is the case, I will have to start dosing nitrates pretty soon.
EDIT:
I did a manual test of nitrates and got at least 5.0 (new API reagents). I will put new reagents in ReefBot and test nitrates again.
I broke down and added 2 small damsels to keep the cycle going.
I did not want to add fish yet but I need a constant ammonia source and hopefully add a little bit of nitrates back to the system.
Pics to come.