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ok this is a wierd issue to me as i have never had it happen to me in the past so i thought i would ask here.
ok for a little background, been out of hobby for 12 years + and im setting up a new 150 gallon tank using dry rock and sand, the rock was used 12+ years ago and been in the shed dry ever since, i rinsed it prior to putting it in tank, and the sand was former live sand given to me by a local reef shop which was wet but based on the smell dead as disco and it to was rinsed thoughly and put in tank where it sat dry for almost a month.
now last night i mixed my saltwater ( fritz rpm) which liked to absorb moisture from the air and cake up on my measuring cups ( like to know if this is normal of fritz rpm if anyone knows).
ok so now onto the issue, i went to bed at 4 AM ( as soon as i finished filling the tank and setting up the return and wave pumps) and this afternoon ( 3:30-4:00 PM i tested the parameters using 2 different test kits API and Salifert and found that the ammonia, and nitrate were off the chart on both and the nitrates were high end of the low range, keep in mind there is NOTHING alive in the tank and im wondering what could be the cause of this after 12 hours +/- ammonia, nitrite this high?
i have dr tims one and only coming in on saturday so i need to figure out what is going on and remedy this asap. i dont have enough cash to buy another box of fritz for a major water change and im guessing i might be able to mix up MAYBE 10 gallons with the salt mix i have left from my current box.
so if anyone has any thoughts or ideas im all ears ( or rather eyes in this case)
ok for a little background, been out of hobby for 12 years + and im setting up a new 150 gallon tank using dry rock and sand, the rock was used 12+ years ago and been in the shed dry ever since, i rinsed it prior to putting it in tank, and the sand was former live sand given to me by a local reef shop which was wet but based on the smell dead as disco and it to was rinsed thoughly and put in tank where it sat dry for almost a month.
now last night i mixed my saltwater ( fritz rpm) which liked to absorb moisture from the air and cake up on my measuring cups ( like to know if this is normal of fritz rpm if anyone knows).
ok so now onto the issue, i went to bed at 4 AM ( as soon as i finished filling the tank and setting up the return and wave pumps) and this afternoon ( 3:30-4:00 PM i tested the parameters using 2 different test kits API and Salifert and found that the ammonia, and nitrate were off the chart on both and the nitrates were high end of the low range, keep in mind there is NOTHING alive in the tank and im wondering what could be the cause of this after 12 hours +/- ammonia, nitrite this high?
i have dr tims one and only coming in on saturday so i need to figure out what is going on and remedy this asap. i dont have enough cash to buy another box of fritz for a major water change and im guessing i might be able to mix up MAYBE 10 gallons with the salt mix i have left from my current box.
so if anyone has any thoughts or ideas im all ears ( or rather eyes in this case)