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so far nothing yet. Added some sea weed and flakes and now 1 shrimp (I was planning on 3)So have you ever had ammonia or nitrates show up in a test ?
Remove the shrimp. There is no need to rot garbage in your aquariumThe following is image I just took, I had one shrimp in panty hose and I not sure Coral is active. One of Hermits in lower right.
None yet, I know what the cycle should be but no ammonia yetSo have you ever had ammonia or nitrates show up in a test ?
Little confused, how do I get ammonia up - I thought with raw cottail shrimp in there, it would decay and increase ammonia. It has been a month, just though it would start the cycle.Remove the shrimp. There is no need to rot garbage in your aquarium
You don’t want ammonia up! The live rock is converting it to nitrates! That’s what a cycle is! Your tank is fine just add what ever you want for live stock and feed them.Little confused, how do I get ammonia up - I thought with raw cottail shrimp in there, it would decay and increase ammonia. It has been a month, just though it would start the cycle.
Yes I understand that I need Nitrates as end game, but how I get Nitrates. What do you mean by IT in converting it to nitrates. Is this Ammonia? if so I never had any ammonia yet in cycle so there is nothing to convert. I am getting Algae and it on the dry rock also.You don’t want ammonia up! The live rock is converting it to nitrates! That’s what a cycle is! Your tank is fine just add what ever you want for live stock and feed them.
Ammonia is 100% being produced by the critters you have in there. It’s just either being consumed or converted as soon as it’s produced so you’re not seeing any in your test results.Yes I understand that I need Nitrates as end game, but how I get Nitrates. What do you mean by IT in converting it to nitrates. Is this Ammonia? if so I never had any ammonia yet in cycle so there is nothing to convert. I am getting Algae and it on the dry rock also.
As I understand cycles, it starts out as Ammonia, then Nitrite and finally Nitrate. I currently have none of those.
I think you misunderstand, I never had any ammonia, nitrites or nitrates detected. This is same condition as when I started the tank. I think my coral is not doing good.Ammonia is 100% being produced by the critters you have in there. It’s just either being consumed or converted as soon as it’s produced so you’re not seeing any in your test results.
If you have no nitrates showing up in tests it’s because the organisms in there that consume nitrates (and ammonia), like corals and algae, are consuming them as fast as they’re being produced.
a biomarker was detected when I pulled up this pic on full screen. was curious to see live rock details, and then something even greater stood out as a tell that the system was indeed cycled.
off a color in his full tank pic. not from any other factor in this whole thread
what is the key pigment in the picture above?
name that color. The winner gets first mention in cycling trivia from updated cycling science 2023 thread
let's say someone built a skip cycle reef tank
those do exist
what would a picture of one look like? hint: there will likely be pigment differences between live and dry rocks
the coralline-colored areas of that rock pic, are those wet live rocks from a pet store, actual live rock or were they dry
cuz the white ones on the end/dry rock/see how easy those stand out> those are in question of cycle status
the pigmented rocks are not in question of cycle status, if that's wet live rock from a pet store. if it's painted dry purple rock, then it's not live. it's really hard to discern who has real live rock nowadays.
I also have live sand in the the tank. Petco stated that it cured rock, But I do have the lighter color dry rock.you have the right ones. I know petco rocks they are cured.
you really do have a skip cycle tank. read that thread lemme know what you think.
every tank in that thread is a skip cycle tank, like yours/due to one reason: that wet live rock you bought was real, and good. it's cured. petco sells cured rocks.