Hi,
I’ve been cycling my tank with live rock and dry rock for the past month give or take a week.
Ive been adding frozen mysis to create some ammonia for the bacteria to grow which has promptly disappeared quickly from the tank after a day.
Nitrates were rising a little, so I thought I’d toss in some chaetomorpha to control it.
Well the last few weeks the chaeto has been growing immensely and my nitrates are 0!
Did I screw up my cycle? I was starting to grow some algae in the tank but that went away and what’s left is being nibbled by copepods.
Im planning on adding my first fish this week and would like to add a piece of coral but with no nitrates it might not do so well. Should I try to get my nitrates up a little or leave as is?
Thanks!
I’ve been cycling my tank with live rock and dry rock for the past month give or take a week.
Ive been adding frozen mysis to create some ammonia for the bacteria to grow which has promptly disappeared quickly from the tank after a day.
Nitrates were rising a little, so I thought I’d toss in some chaetomorpha to control it.
Well the last few weeks the chaeto has been growing immensely and my nitrates are 0!
Did I screw up my cycle? I was starting to grow some algae in the tank but that went away and what’s left is being nibbled by copepods.
Im planning on adding my first fish this week and would like to add a piece of coral but with no nitrates it might not do so well. Should I try to get my nitrates up a little or leave as is?
Thanks!