reefer2 Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 becus i see daitom apering Link to comment
caja Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 The only way to know if your cycle is done is to check your ammonia, nitrite and nitrate levels. Link to comment
reefer2 Posted January 6, 2004 Author Share Posted January 6, 2004 shud they all be at zero Link to comment
reefer2 Posted January 7, 2004 Author Share Posted January 7, 2004 when can i ad the cleanup crew because every thing is at zero Link to comment
caja Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 If all your levels have zeroed out go ahead and add a few snails and if you want, some hermits. Be sure to follow acclimation procedures as snails tend to be sensitive to salinity and pH changes. Link to comment
reefer2 Posted January 7, 2004 Author Share Posted January 7, 2004 what comes frist the nitrate spick or the ammonia spick they are nitrate 5.0 ammonia 0 ph 8.3 sg 1.023 Link to comment
caja Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 This will explain it for you rather than me retyping what Chris already put together. http://www.nano-reef.com/articles/?article=8 Link to comment
drdrew Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 your tank is not done cycling. wait untill at least mirch or aprol. Link to comment
reefer2 Posted January 7, 2004 Author Share Posted January 7, 2004 well then y do i see diatoms over every thing and i have no die off on my live rock and my tank is three weeks old Link to comment
drdrew Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 from what i can tell your tank has only been set up a few days...right or wrong? maybe you have not had any spike yet. that's why your readings are zero. really a good rule of thumb is to give it 2-3 weeks just to age and stabilize and grow some bacteria..... how long have you had water and rocks in the tank? Link to comment
tinyreef Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 because u have silicates in the system. diatoms outcompete most algae as long as they have silicates 2 use 4 growth/reproduction. u will always have some nutrients and the diatoms can utilize them efficiently. people often think that just because the test read 0 that nutrients have stopped being produced. the 0 readings just mean that the nutrients r being processed almost as quickly as they r produced. hth Link to comment
reefer2 Posted January 7, 2004 Author Share Posted January 7, 2004 it has ben set up for three weeks drdrew Link to comment
drdrew Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 then, in that case you might be done... but i thought you got your tank at x-mas? and on the 30th you posted about getting some live rock and some dead rock so i incorrectly assumed it had not been set up for three weeks. Link to comment
Chrash236 Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 Reefer2--go here and learn. www.hookedonphonics.com Link to comment
reefer2 Posted January 7, 2004 Author Share Posted January 7, 2004 i got more rock than i had Link to comment
koolyce Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 diatoms it's the brown look like algea on the rock or on the sand? Because if it's that...I have some started about 2 days ago and I started my nano the dec 27. Link to comment
reefer2 Posted January 7, 2004 Author Share Posted January 7, 2004 i don't think my tank has is dun cycling becus i have what koolyce has and it was not the 30 i got the rock it was the 27 and all i had befor was base rock Link to comment
caja Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 If all you had before was base rock, then there is nothing on it to die, which means no cycle would have started. Once you added the LR, the cycle started. So what day did you add the LR again? Then we can tell how far into the cycle you are. Link to comment
koolyce Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 diatoms it's the brown look like algea on the rock or on the sand? Because if it's that...I have some started about 2 days ago and I started my nano the dec 27. Link to comment
reefer2 Posted January 7, 2004 Author Share Posted January 7, 2004 can some one show me what hair alge looks like Link to comment
reefer2 Posted January 7, 2004 Author Share Posted January 7, 2004 ok thats not what i have cus its brown Link to comment
maroonclown Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 Did you use R/O or DI water, or just tap water? Dude, if you don't know what hair algae looks like, do you even think you are capable of keeping delicate corals and fish? Your cycle isn't "dun", diatom "alge" shows up whenever it has silicates to fuel it. It goes away in about a month. It COULD be cyano, but I haven't encountered it as of yet in my tanks, so I have no first-hand expirience with identifying it. Link to comment
reefer2 Posted January 8, 2004 Author Share Posted January 8, 2004 i just whated to no what it lookt like maroonclown Link to comment
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